diff --git a/test/e2e/serial/tests/metrics.go b/test/e2e/serial/tests/metrics.go
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+package tests
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"fmt"
+	"net"
+	"strings"
+
+	. "github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2"
+	. "github.com/onsi/gomega"
+	nropv1 "github.com/openshift-kni/numaresources-operator/api/numaresourcesoperator/v1"
+	"github.com/openshift-kni/numaresources-operator/internal/remoteexec"
+	corev1 "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
+	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
+	"k8s.io/klog/v2"
+	"sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/client"
+
+	e2etestenv "github.com/k8stopologyawareschedwg/resource-topology-exporter/test/e2e/utils/testenv"
+	e2eclient "github.com/openshift-kni/numaresources-operator/test/utils/clients"
+	"github.com/openshift-kni/numaresources-operator/test/utils/deploy"
+	"github.com/openshift-kni/numaresources-operator/test/utils/objects"
+)
+
+// This test verifies that the HTTPS metrics endpoints, are accessible and serving metrics.
+var _ = Describe("metrics exposed securely", Serial, func() {
+	metricsAddress := "127.0.0.1"
+	var namespace string
+	var err error
+	var nropObj *nropv1.NUMAResourcesOperator
+
+	BeforeEach(func() {
+		nropObj = objects.TestNRO()
+		nname := client.ObjectKeyFromObject(nropObj)
+
+		err = e2eclient.Client.Get(context.TODO(), nname, nropObj)
+		Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred(), "failed to get the NRO resource: %v", err)
+
+		Expect(len(nropObj.Status.NodeGroups)).To(BeNumerically(">=", 1), "node groups not reported, nothing to do")
+		// nrop places all daemonsets in the same namespace on which it resides, so any group is fine
+		namespace = nropObj.Status.NodeGroups[0].DaemonSet.Namespace // shortcut
+	})
+
+	Context("testing operator metrics endpoint", func() {
+		metricsPort := "8080"
+
+		It("should be able to fetch metrics from the manager container", func() {
+			managerPod, err := deploy.FindNUMAResourcesOperatorPod(context.TODO(), e2eclient.Client, nropObj)
+			Expect(err).ToNot(HaveOccurred())
+			stdout := fetchMetricsFromPod(managerPod, metricsAddress, metricsPort)
+			Expect(strings.Contains(stdout, "workqueue_adds_total{controller=\"numaresourcesoperator\",name=\"numaresourcesoperator\"}")).To(BeTrue(), "workqueue_adds_total operator metric not found")
+			Expect(strings.Contains(stdout, "workqueue_adds_total{controller=\"numaresourcesscheduler\",name=\"numaresourcesscheduler\"}")).To(BeTrue(), "workqueue_adds_total scheduler metric not found")
+		})
+	})
+
+	Context("testing RTE metrics endpoint", func() {
+		metricsPort := "2112"
+
+		It("should be able to fetch metrics from the RTE pod container", func() {
+			labelSelector := fmt.Sprintf("name=%s", e2etestenv.RTELabelName)
+			pods, err := e2eclient.K8sClient.CoreV1().Pods(namespace).List(context.TODO(), metav1.ListOptions{
+				LabelSelector: labelSelector,
+			})
+			Expect(err).To(BeNil(), "Error listing worker pods: %v", err)
+			Expect(len(pods.Items)).To(BeNumerically(">=", 1), "There should be at least one worker pod")
+			workerPod := &pods.Items[0]
+			stdout := fetchMetricsFromPod(workerPod, metricsAddress, metricsPort)
+			Expect(strings.Contains(stdout, "rte_noderesourcetopology_writes_total")).To(BeTrue(), "rte_noderesourcetopology_writes_total metric not found")
+			Expect(strings.Contains(stdout, "rte_wakeup_delay_milliseconds")).To(BeTrue(), "rte_wakeup_delay_milliseconds metric not found")
+		})
+	})
+})
+
+func fetchMetricsFromPod(pod *corev1.Pod, metricsAddress, metricsPort string) string {
+	GinkgoHelper()
+	endpoint := net.JoinHostPort(metricsAddress, metricsPort)
+
+	key := client.ObjectKeyFromObject(pod)
+	By("running curl command to fetch metrics")
+	cmd := []string{
+		"curl",
+		"-k",
+		fmt.Sprintf("https://%s/metrics", endpoint),
+	}
+	klog.V(2).Infof("executing cmd: %s on pod %q", cmd, key.String())
+	stdout, stderr, err := remoteexec.CommandOnPod(context.Background(), e2eclient.K8sClient, pod, cmd...)
+	Expect(err).ToNot(HaveOccurred(), "failed exec command on pod. pod=%q; cmd=%q; err=%v; stderr=%q", key.String(), cmd, err, stderr)
+	Expect(stdout).NotTo(BeEmpty(), stdout)
+	return string(stdout)
+}