A coordinated data backup for a container system that includes: determining, by a control layer of a container system, a dependency between a first service and a second service, where the first service and the second service are part of a set of services of an application; determining, based on the dependency, a backup sequence of first data associated with the first service and second data associated with the second service, where the backup sequence maintains consistency of one or more operations between the first service and the second service; and generating, based on the backup sequence, backup data comprising the first data and the second data.