diff --git a/cosmos/operators/kubernetes.py b/cosmos/operators/kubernetes.py
index 75ea001c42..8b38d4f162 100644
--- a/cosmos/operators/kubernetes.py
+++ b/cosmos/operators/kubernetes.py
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 from airflow.utils.context import Context
 
 from cosmos.log import get_logger
+from cosmos.config import ProfileConfig
 from cosmos.operators.base import DbtBaseOperator
 
 
@@ -35,7 +36,8 @@ class DbtKubernetesBaseOperator(KubernetesPodOperator, DbtBaseOperator):  # type
 
     intercept_flag = False
 
-    def __init__(self, **kwargs: Any) -> None:
+    def __init__(self, profile_config: ProfileConfig | None = None, **kwargs: Any) -> None:
+        self.profile_config = profile_config
         super().__init__(**kwargs)
 
     def build_env_args(self, env: dict[str, str | bytes | PathLike[Any]]) -> None:
@@ -57,6 +59,14 @@ def build_kube_args(self, context: Context, cmd_flags: list[str] | None = None)
         # to add that in the future
         self.dbt_executable_path = "dbt"
         dbt_cmd, env_vars = self.build_cmd(context=context, cmd_flags=cmd_flags)
+
+        # Parse ProfileConfig and add additional arguments to the dbt_cmd
+        if self.profile_config:
+            if self.profile_config.profile_name:
+                dbt_cmd.extend(["--profile", self.profile_config.profile_name])
+            if self.profile_config.target_name:
+                dbt_cmd.extend(["--target", self.profile_config.target_name])
+
         # set env vars
         self.build_env_args(env_vars)
         self.arguments = dbt_cmd
@@ -69,7 +79,7 @@ class DbtLSKubernetesOperator(DbtKubernetesBaseOperator):
 
     ui_color = "#DBCDF6"
 
-    def __init__(self, **kwargs: str) -> None:
+    def __init__(self, **kwargs: Any) -> None:
         super().__init__(**kwargs)
         self.base_cmd = ["ls"]
 
@@ -86,7 +96,7 @@ class DbtSeedKubernetesOperator(DbtKubernetesBaseOperator):
 
     ui_color = "#F58D7E"
 
-    def __init__(self, full_refresh: bool = False, **kwargs: str) -> None:
+    def __init__(self, full_refresh: bool = False, **kwargs: Any) -> None:
         self.full_refresh = full_refresh
         super().__init__(**kwargs)
         self.base_cmd = ["seed"]
@@ -111,7 +121,7 @@ class DbtSnapshotKubernetesOperator(DbtKubernetesBaseOperator):
 
     ui_color = "#964B00"
 
-    def __init__(self, **kwargs: str) -> None:
+    def __init__(self, **kwargs: Any) -> None:
         super().__init__(**kwargs)
         self.base_cmd = ["snapshot"]
 
@@ -127,7 +137,7 @@ class DbtRunKubernetesOperator(DbtKubernetesBaseOperator):
     ui_color = "#7352BA"
     ui_fgcolor = "#F4F2FC"
 
-    def __init__(self, **kwargs: str) -> None:
+    def __init__(self, **kwargs: Any) -> None:
         super().__init__(**kwargs)
         self.base_cmd = ["run"]
 
@@ -142,7 +152,7 @@ class DbtTestKubernetesOperator(DbtKubernetesBaseOperator):
 
     ui_color = "#8194E0"
 
-    def __init__(self, on_warning_callback: Callable[..., Any] | None = None, **kwargs: str) -> None:
+    def __init__(self, on_warning_callback: Callable[..., Any] | None = None, **kwargs: Any) -> None:
         super().__init__(**kwargs)
         self.base_cmd = ["test"]
         # as of now, on_warning_callback in kubernetes executor does nothing
@@ -164,7 +174,7 @@ class DbtRunOperationKubernetesOperator(DbtKubernetesBaseOperator):
     ui_color = "#8194E0"
     template_fields: Sequence[str] = ("args",)
 
-    def __init__(self, macro_name: str, args: dict[str, Any] | None = None, **kwargs: str) -> None:
+    def __init__(self, macro_name: str, args: dict[str, Any] | None = None, **kwargs: Any) -> None:
         self.macro_name = macro_name
         self.args = args
         super().__init__(**kwargs)