diff --git a/glacier/src/main/java/org/jclouds/glacier/GlacierAsyncClient.java b/glacier/src/main/java/org/jclouds/glacier/GlacierAsyncClient.java
index 72520aa..bacf13c 100644
--- a/glacier/src/main/java/org/jclouds/glacier/GlacierAsyncClient.java
+++ b/glacier/src/main/java/org/jclouds/glacier/GlacierAsyncClient.java
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@
 import org.jclouds.glacier.binders.BindJobRequestToJsonPayload;
 import org.jclouds.glacier.binders.BindMultipartTreeHashToHeaders;
 import org.jclouds.glacier.binders.BindPartSizeToHeaders;
+import org.jclouds.glacier.domain.JobMetadata;
 import org.jclouds.glacier.domain.JobRequest;
 import org.jclouds.glacier.domain.MultipartUploadMetadata;
 import org.jclouds.glacier.domain.PaginatedMultipartUploadCollection;
@@ -48,6 +49,7 @@
 import org.jclouds.glacier.filters.RequestAuthorizeSignature;
 import org.jclouds.glacier.functions.ParseArchiveIdHeader;
 import org.jclouds.glacier.functions.ParseJobIdHeader;
+import org.jclouds.glacier.functions.ParseJobMetadataFromHttpContent;
 import org.jclouds.glacier.functions.ParseMultipartUploadIdHeader;
 import org.jclouds.glacier.functions.ParseMultipartUploadListFromHttpContent;
 import org.jclouds.glacier.functions.ParseMultipartUploadPartListFromHttpContent;
@@ -276,4 +278,16 @@
    ListenableFuture<String> initiateJob(
          @ParamValidators(VaultNameValidator.class) @PathParam("vault") String vaultName,
          @BinderParam(BindJobRequestToJsonPayload.class) JobRequest job);
+
+   /**
+    * @see GlacierClient#describeJob
+    */
+   @Named("DescribeJob")
+   @GET
+   @Path("/-/vaults/{vault}/jobs/{job}")
+   @ResponseParser(ParseJobMetadataFromHttpContent.class)
+   @Fallback(NullOnNotFoundOr404.class)
+   ListenableFuture<JobMetadata> describeJob(
+         @ParamValidators(VaultNameValidator.class) @PathParam("vault") String vaultName,
+         @PathParam("job") String jobId);
 }
diff --git a/glacier/src/main/java/org/jclouds/glacier/GlacierClient.java b/glacier/src/main/java/org/jclouds/glacier/GlacierClient.java
index a392ca2..20c2fdd 100644
--- a/glacier/src/main/java/org/jclouds/glacier/GlacierClient.java
+++ b/glacier/src/main/java/org/jclouds/glacier/GlacierClient.java
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 import java.net.URI;
 import java.util.Map;
 
+import org.jclouds.glacier.domain.JobMetadata;
 import org.jclouds.glacier.domain.JobRequest;
 import org.jclouds.glacier.domain.MultipartUploadMetadata;
 import org.jclouds.glacier.domain.PaginatedMultipartUploadCollection;
@@ -231,4 +232,16 @@
     * @see <a href="http://docs.aws.amazon.com/amazonglacier/latest/dev/api-initiate-job-post.html" />
     */
    String initiateJob(String vaultName, JobRequest job);
+
+   /**
+    * Describes a job.
+    *
+    * @param vaultName
+    *           Name of the target Vault for the job.
+    * @param jobId
+    *          Job identifier.
+    * @return The job metadata.
+    * @see <a href="http://docs.aws.amazon.com/amazonglacier/latest/dev/api-describe-job-get.html" />
+    */
+   JobMetadata describeJob(String vaultName, String jobId);
 }
diff --git a/glacier/src/main/java/org/jclouds/glacier/domain/JobMetadata.java b/glacier/src/main/java/org/jclouds/glacier/domain/JobMetadata.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..624690d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/glacier/src/main/java/org/jclouds/glacier/domain/JobMetadata.java
@@ -0,0 +1,187 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+ * contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
+ * this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
+ * The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0
+ * (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
+ * the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package org.jclouds.glacier.domain;
+
+import static com.google.common.base.Preconditions.checkNotNull;
+
+import java.beans.ConstructorProperties;
+import java.util.Date;
+
+import org.jclouds.glacier.util.ContentRange;
+import org.jclouds.javax.annotation.Nullable;
+
+import com.google.common.base.Objects;
+import com.google.gson.annotations.SerializedName;
+
+public class JobMetadata {
+   @SerializedName("Action")
+   private final String action;
+   @SerializedName("ArchiveId")
+   private final String archiveId;
+   @SerializedName("ArchiveSizeInBytes")
+   private final Long archiveSizeInBytes;
+   @SerializedName("ArchiveSHA256TreeHash")
+   private final String archiveSHA256TreeHash;
+   @SerializedName("Completed")
+   private final boolean completed;
+   @SerializedName("CompletionDate")
+   private final Date completionDate;
+   @SerializedName("CreationDate")
+   private final Date creationDate;
+   @SerializedName("InventorySizeInBytes")
+   private final Long inventorySizeInBytes;
+   @SerializedName("JobDescription")
+   private final String jobDescription;
+   @SerializedName("JobId")
+   private final String jobId;
+   @SerializedName("RetrievalByteRange")
+   private final ContentRange retrievalByteRange;
+   @SerializedName("SHA256TreeHash")
+   private final String sha256TreeHash;
+   @SerializedName("SNSTopic")
+   private final String snsTopic;
+   @SerializedName("StatusCode")
+   private final String statusCode;
+   @SerializedName("StatusMessage")
+   private final String statusMessage;
+   @SerializedName("VaultARN")
+   private final String vaultArn;
+   @SerializedName("InventoryRetrievalParameters")
+   private final InventoryRetrievalParameters parameters;
+
+   @ConstructorProperties({ "Action", "ArchiveId", "ArchiveSizeInBytes", "ArchiveSHA256TreeHash", "Completed",
+         "CompletionDate", "CreationDate", "InventorySizeInBytes", "JobDescription", "JobId", "RetrievalByteRange",
+         "SHA256TreeHash", "SNSTopic", "StatusCode", "StatusMessage", "VaultARN", "InventoryRetrievalParameters" })
+   public JobMetadata(String action, @Nullable String archiveId, @Nullable Long archiveSizeInBytes,
+         @Nullable String archiveSHA256TreeHash, boolean completed, @Nullable Date completionDate, Date creationDate,
+         @Nullable Long inventorySizeInBytes, @Nullable String jobDescription, String jobId,
+         @Nullable String retrievalByteRange, @Nullable String sha256TreeHash, @Nullable String snsTopic,
+         String statusCode, String statusMessage, String vaultArn,
+         @Nullable InventoryRetrievalParameters parameters) {
+      super();
+      this.action = checkNotNull(action, "action");
+      this.archiveId = archiveId;
+      this.archiveSizeInBytes = archiveSizeInBytes;
+      this.archiveSHA256TreeHash = archiveSHA256TreeHash;
+      this.completed = checkNotNull(completed, "completed");
+      this.completionDate = completionDate == null ? null : (Date) completionDate.clone();
+      this.creationDate = (Date) checkNotNull(creationDate, "creationDate").clone();
+      this.inventorySizeInBytes = inventorySizeInBytes;
+      this.jobDescription = jobDescription;
+      this.jobId = checkNotNull(jobId, "jobId");
+      this.retrievalByteRange = retrievalByteRange == null ? null : ContentRange.fromString(retrievalByteRange);
+      this.sha256TreeHash = sha256TreeHash;
+      this.snsTopic = snsTopic;
+      this.statusCode = checkNotNull(statusCode, "statusCode");
+      this.statusMessage = checkNotNull(statusMessage, "statusMessage");
+      this.vaultArn = checkNotNull(vaultArn, "vaultArn");
+      this.parameters = parameters;
+   }
+
+   public String getAction() {
+      return action;
+   }
+
+   public String getArchiveId() {
+      return archiveId;
+   }
+
+   public Long getArchiveSizeInBytes() {
+      return archiveSizeInBytes;
+   }
+
+   public String getArchiveSHA256TreeHash() {
+      return archiveSHA256TreeHash;
+   }
+
+   public boolean isCompleted() {
+      return completed;
+   }
+
+   public Date getCompletionDate() {
+      return completionDate == null ? null : (Date) completionDate.clone();
+   }
+
+   public Date getCreationDate() {
+      return (Date) creationDate.clone();
+   }
+
+   public Long getInventorySizeInBytes() {
+      return inventorySizeInBytes;
+   }
+
+   public String getJobDescription() {
+      return jobDescription;
+   }
+
+   public String getJobId() {
+      return jobId;
+   }
+
+   public ContentRange getRetrievalByteRange() {
+      return retrievalByteRange;
+   }
+
+   public String getSha256TreeHash() {
+      return sha256TreeHash;
+   }
+
+   public String getSnsTopic() {
+      return snsTopic;
+   }
+
+   public String getStatusCode() {
+      return statusCode;
+   }
+
+   public String getStatusMessage() {
+      return statusMessage;
+   }
+
+   public String getVaultArn() {
+      return vaultArn;
+   }
+
+   public InventoryRetrievalParameters getParameters() {
+      return parameters;
+   }
+
+   @Override
+   public int hashCode() {
+      return Objects.hashCode(this.action, this.archiveId, this.archiveSizeInBytes, this.archiveSHA256TreeHash,
+            this.completed, this.completionDate, this.creationDate, this.inventorySizeInBytes, this.jobDescription,
+            this.jobId, this.retrievalByteRange, this.sha256TreeHash, this.snsTopic, this.statusCode,
+            this.statusMessage, this.vaultArn, this.parameters);
+   }
+
+   @Override
+   public boolean equals(Object obj) {
+      if (obj == null)
+         return false;
+      if (getClass() != obj.getClass())
+         return false;
+      JobMetadata other = (JobMetadata) obj;
+
+      return Objects.equal(this.jobId, other.jobId);
+   }
+
+   @Override
+   public String toString() {
+      return "JobMetadata [jobId=" + jobId + ", statusCode=" + statusCode + ", statusMessage=" + statusMessage + "]";
+   }
+}
+
diff --git a/glacier/src/main/java/org/jclouds/glacier/functions/ParseJobMetadataFromHttpContent.java b/glacier/src/main/java/org/jclouds/glacier/functions/ParseJobMetadataFromHttpContent.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..edd5c17
--- /dev/null
+++ b/glacier/src/main/java/org/jclouds/glacier/functions/ParseJobMetadataFromHttpContent.java
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+ * contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
+ * this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
+ * The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0
+ * (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
+ * the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package org.jclouds.glacier.functions;
+
+import org.jclouds.glacier.domain.JobMetadata;
+import org.jclouds.http.functions.ParseJson;
+import org.jclouds.json.Json;
+
+import com.google.inject.Inject;
+import com.google.inject.TypeLiteral;
+
+/**
+ * Parses the JSON job information from the HttpResponse.
+ */
+public class ParseJobMetadataFromHttpContent extends ParseJson<JobMetadata> {
+
+   @Inject
+   public ParseJobMetadataFromHttpContent(Json json) {
+      super(json, TypeLiteral.get(JobMetadata.class));
+   }
+}
diff --git a/glacier/src/test/java/org/jclouds/glacier/GlacierClientMockTest.java b/glacier/src/test/java/org/jclouds/glacier/GlacierClientMockTest.java
index 6efb566..62dd74d 100644
--- a/glacier/src/test/java/org/jclouds/glacier/GlacierClientMockTest.java
+++ b/glacier/src/test/java/org/jclouds/glacier/GlacierClientMockTest.java
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@
 import org.jclouds.concurrent.config.ExecutorServiceModule;
 import org.jclouds.glacier.domain.ArchiveRetrievalJobRequest;
 import org.jclouds.glacier.domain.InventoryRetrievalJobRequest;
+import org.jclouds.glacier.domain.JobMetadata;
 import org.jclouds.glacier.domain.MultipartUploadMetadata;
 import org.jclouds.glacier.domain.PaginatedMultipartUploadCollection;
 import org.jclouds.glacier.domain.PaginatedVaultCollection;
@@ -437,4 +438,20 @@
       assertEquals(job.getParameters().getEndDate(), endDate);
       assertEquals(job.getType(), "inventory-retrieval");
    }
+
+   @Test
+   public void testDescribeJob() throws IOException, InterruptedException {
+      MockResponse mr = buildBaseResponse(200);
+      mr.addHeader(HttpHeaders.CONTENT_TYPE, MediaType.JSON_UTF_8);
+      mr.setBody(getResponseBody("/json/describeJobResponseBody.json"));
+      mr.addHeader(HttpHeaders.CONTENT_LENGTH, mr.getBody().length);
+      server.enqueue(mr);
+
+      JobMetadata job = client.describeJob(VAULT_NAME, JOB_ID);
+      assertEquals(server.takeRequest().getRequestLine(), "GET /-/vaults/" + VAULT_NAME + "/jobs/" + JOB_ID + " " + HTTP);
+      assertEquals(job.getAction(), "ArchiveRetrieval");
+      assertEquals(job.getArchiveId(), ARCHIVE_ID);
+      assertEquals(ContentRange.fromString("0-16777215"), job.getRetrievalByteRange());
+      assertEquals(job.getVaultArn(), "arn:aws:glacier:us-east-1:012345678901:vaults/examplevault");
+   }
 }
diff --git a/glacier/src/test/resources/json/describeJobResponseBody.json b/glacier/src/test/resources/json/describeJobResponseBody.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..996b531
--- /dev/null
+++ b/glacier/src/test/resources/json/describeJobResponseBody.json
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+{
+  "Action": "ArchiveRetrieval",
+  "ArchiveId": "NkbByEejwEggmBz2fTHgJrg0XBoDfjP4q6iu87-TjhqG6eGoOY9Z8i1_AUyUsuhPAdTqLHy8pTl5nfCFJmDl2yEZONi5L26Omw12vcs01MNGntHEQL8MBfGlqrEXAMPLEArchiveId",
+  "ArchiveSizeInBytes": 16777216,
+  "ArchiveSHA256TreeHash": "beb0fe31a1c7ca8c6c04d574ea906e3f97b31fdca7571defb5b44dca89b5af60",
+  "Completed": false,
+  "CreationDate": "2012-05-15T17:21:39.339Z",
+  "CompletionDate": "2012-05-15T17:21:43.561Z",
+  "InventorySizeInBytes": null,
+  "JobDescription": "My ArchiveRetrieval Job",
+  "JobId": "HkF9p6o7yjhFx-K3CGl6fuSm6VzW9T7esGQfco8nUXVYwS0jlb5gq1JZ55yHgt5vP54ZShjoQzQVVh7vEXAMPLEjobID",
+  "RetrievalByteRange": "0-16777215",
+  "SHA256TreeHash": "beb0fe31a1c7ca8c6c04d574ea906e3f97b31fdca7571defb5b44dca89b5af60",
+  "SNSTopic": "arn:aws:sns:us-east-1:012345678901:mytopic",
+  "StatusCode": "InProgress",
+  "StatusMessage": "Operation in progress.",
+  "VaultARN": "arn:aws:glacier:us-east-1:012345678901:vaults/examplevault"
+}