diff --git a/hack/jenkins/job-configs/global.yaml b/hack/jenkins/job-configs/global.yaml
index 9fc4f226fb9..a778e3e17b0 100644
--- a/hack/jenkins/job-configs/global.yaml
+++ b/hack/jenkins/job-configs/global.yaml
@@ -127,6 +127,10 @@
     name: global
     emails: '$DEFAULT_RECIPIENTS'
     cron-string: 'H/30 * * * *'
+    # How long to wait after sending TERM to send KILL (minutes)
+    kill-timeout: 15
+    # Just to be safe, use the Jenkins timeout after a long time.
+    jenkins-timeout: 600
     branch: 'master'
     job-env: ''
     runner: curl -fsS --retry 3  "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/master/hack/jenkins/e2e-runner.sh" | bash -
diff --git a/hack/jenkins/job-configs/kubernetes-build.yaml b/hack/jenkins/job-configs/kubernetes-build.yaml
index 31b94301af4..67e88789afe 100644
--- a/hack/jenkins/job-configs/kubernetes-build.yaml
+++ b/hack/jenkins/job-configs/kubernetes-build.yaml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
         numToKeep: 200
     builders:
         - shell: 'bash <(curl -fsS --retry 3 "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/master/hack/jenkins/upload-started.sh")'
-        - shell: './hack/jenkins/build.sh'
+        - shell: 'timeout -k {kill-timeout}m 30m ./hack/jenkins/build.sh'
     properties:
         - mail-watcher
     publishers:
@@ -35,8 +35,8 @@
             cron: 'H/2 * * * *'
     wrappers:
         - timeout:
-            timeout: 30
-            abort: true
+            timeout: '{jenkins-timeout}'
+            fail: true
         - timestamps
 
 - project:
diff --git a/hack/jenkins/job-configs/kubernetes-e2e-gce-enormous-startup.yaml b/hack/jenkins/job-configs/kubernetes-e2e-gce-enormous-startup.yaml
index 6f4297efafd..a0a8b82232c 100644
--- a/hack/jenkins/job-configs/kubernetes-e2e-gce-enormous-startup.yaml
+++ b/hack/jenkins/job-configs/kubernetes-e2e-gce-enormous-startup.yaml
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
             export TEST_CLUSTER_RESYNC_PERIOD="--min-resync-period=12h"
             {post-env}
             export KUBE_GCE_NETWORK="e2e-enormous-cluster"
-            {runner}
+            timeout -k {kill-timeout}m 480m {runner}
     properties:
         - mail-watcher
     publishers:
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@
         - ansicolor:
             colormap: xterm
         - timeout:
-            timeout: 480
+            timeout: '{jenkins-timeout}'
             fail: true
         - timestamps
         - workspace-cleanup
diff --git a/hack/jenkins/job-configs/kubernetes-e2e.yaml b/hack/jenkins/job-configs/kubernetes-e2e.yaml
index 5ea3705fa8f..1b796c48941 100644
--- a/hack/jenkins/job-configs/kubernetes-e2e.yaml
+++ b/hack/jenkins/job-configs/kubernetes-e2e.yaml
@@ -21,14 +21,14 @@
             {provider-env}
             {job-env}
             {post-env}
-            {runner}
+            timeout -k {kill-timeout}m {timeout}m {runner}
     properties:
         - mail-watcher
     wrappers:
         - ansicolor:
             colormap: xterm
         - timeout:
-            timeout: '{timeout}'
+            timeout: '{jenkins-timeout}'
             fail: true
         - timestamps
         - workspace-cleanup
diff --git a/hack/jenkins/job-configs/kubernetes-kubemark.yaml b/hack/jenkins/job-configs/kubernetes-kubemark.yaml
index 27e946e92e3..2560d4dcf24 100644
--- a/hack/jenkins/job-configs/kubernetes-kubemark.yaml
+++ b/hack/jenkins/job-configs/kubernetes-kubemark.yaml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
             {provider-env}
             {job-env}
             {post-env}
-            {runner}
+            timeout -k {kill-timeout}m {timeout}m {runner}
     properties:
         - mail-watcher
     publishers:
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
         - ansicolor:
             colormap: xterm
         - timeout:
-            timeout: '{timeout}'
+            timeout: '{jenkins-timeout}'
             fail: true
         - timestamps
         - workspace-cleanup
diff --git a/hack/jenkins/job-configs/kubernetes-soak.yaml b/hack/jenkins/job-configs/kubernetes-soak.yaml
index 57c6b492f14..46669a98011 100644
--- a/hack/jenkins/job-configs/kubernetes-soak.yaml
+++ b/hack/jenkins/job-configs/kubernetes-soak.yaml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
             {soak-deploy}
             {job-env}
             {post-env}
-            {runner}
+            timeout -k {kill-timeout}m 90m {runner}
     properties:
         - build-blocker:
             use-build-blocker: true
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
         - ansicolor:
             colormap: xterm
         - timeout:
-            timeout: 90
+            timeout: '{jenkins-timeout}'
             fail: true
         - timestamps
         - workspace-cleanup
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@
             {soak-continuous}
             {job-env}
             {post-env}
-            {runner}
+            timeout -k {kill-timeout}m 360m {runner}
     properties:
         - build-blocker:
             use-build-blocker: true
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@
         - ansicolor:
             colormap: xterm
         - timeout:
-            timeout: 360
+            timeout: '{jenkins-timeout}'
             fail: true
         - timestamps
 
diff --git a/hack/jenkins/job-configs/kubernetes-test-go.yaml b/hack/jenkins/job-configs/kubernetes-test-go.yaml
index b9c2adc6e5c..0b425adf4d1 100644
--- a/hack/jenkins/job-configs/kubernetes-test-go.yaml
+++ b/hack/jenkins/job-configs/kubernetes-test-go.yaml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
     node: unittest
     builders:
         - shell: 'bash <(curl -fsS --retry 3 "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/master/hack/jenkins/upload-started.sh")'
-        - shell: './hack/jenkins/gotest-dockerized.sh'
+        - shell: 'timeout -k {kill-timeout}m {timeout}m ./hack/jenkins/gotest-dockerized.sh'
     publishers:
         - claim-build
         - gcs-uploader
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@
         - ansicolor:
             colormap: xterm
         - timeout:
-            timeout: '{timeout}'
+            timeout: '{jenkins-timeout}'
             fail: true
         - timestamps
         - raw:
diff --git a/hack/jenkins/job-configs/kubernetes-upgrades.yaml b/hack/jenkins/job-configs/kubernetes-upgrades.yaml
index dec18d4f49c..61a99a724e1 100644
--- a/hack/jenkins/job-configs/kubernetes-upgrades.yaml
+++ b/hack/jenkins/job-configs/kubernetes-upgrades.yaml
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@
             # per-step variables, such as whether to run tests
             {job-env}
             {post-env}
-            {runner}
+            timeout -k {kill-timeout}m 60m {runner}
     properties:
         - mail-watcher
     publishers:
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@
         - ansicolor:
             colormap: xterm
         - timeout:
-            timeout: 60
+            timeout: '{jenkins-timeout}'
             fail: true
         - timestamps
         - workspace-cleanup
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@
             # per-step variables, such as whether to run tests
             {job-env}
             {post-env}
-            {runner}
+            timeout -k {kill-timeout}m 300m {runner}
     properties:
         - mail-watcher
     publishers:
@@ -119,8 +119,7 @@
         - ansicolor:
             colormap: xterm
         - timeout:
-            timeout: 300
-            abort: true
+            timeout: '{jenkins-timeout}'
             fail: true
         - timestamps
         # Don't clean the workspace; we want to keep configs intact across steps in the multijob