diff --git a/python/ray/__init__.py b/python/ray/__init__.py
index 90e3d09bf774..888971966f4f 100644
--- a/python/ray/__init__.py
+++ b/python/ray/__init__.py
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@
 _config = _Config()
 
 from ray.profiling import profile  # noqa: E402
-from ray.state import (global_state, nodes, tasks, objects, timeline,
+from ray.state import (global_state, jobs, nodes, tasks, objects, timeline,
                        object_transfer_timeline, cluster_resources,
                        available_resources, errors)  # noqa: E402
 from ray.worker import (
@@ -101,6 +101,7 @@
 
 __all__ = [
     "global_state",
+    "jobs",
     "nodes",
     "tasks",
     "objects",
diff --git a/python/ray/gcs_utils.py b/python/ray/gcs_utils.py
index 25157a62e1f5..1e5441485263 100644
--- a/python/ray/gcs_utils.py
+++ b/python/ray/gcs_utils.py
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@
 TablePrefix_OBJECT_string = "OBJECT"
 TablePrefix_ERROR_INFO_string = "ERROR_INFO"
 TablePrefix_PROFILE_string = "PROFILE"
+TablePrefix_JOB_string = "JOB"
 
 
 def construct_error_message(job_id, error_type, message, timestamp):
diff --git a/python/ray/monitor.py b/python/ray/monitor.py
index d02486277225..59571e3ed0ae 100644
--- a/python/ray/monitor.py
+++ b/python/ray/monitor.py
@@ -198,8 +198,8 @@ def to_shard_index(id_bin):
                                "entries from redis shard {}.".format(
                                    len(keys) - num_deleted, shard_index))
 
-    def xray_job_removed_handler(self, unused_channel, data):
-        """Handle a notification that a job has been removed.
+    def xray_job_notification_handler(self, unused_channel, data):
+        """Handle a notification that a job has been added or removed.
 
         Args:
             unused_channel: The message channel.
@@ -209,10 +209,11 @@ def xray_job_removed_handler(self, unused_channel, data):
         job_data = gcs_entries.entries[0]
         message = ray.gcs_utils.JobTableData.FromString(job_data)
         job_id = message.job_id
-        logger.info("Monitor: "
-                    "XRay Driver {} has been removed.".format(
-                        binary_to_hex(job_id)))
-        self._xray_clean_up_entries_for_job(job_id)
+        if message.is_dead:
+            logger.info("Monitor: "
+                        "XRay Driver {} has been removed.".format(
+                            binary_to_hex(job_id)))
+            self._xray_clean_up_entries_for_job(job_id)
 
     def process_messages(self, max_messages=10000):
         """Process all messages ready in the subscription channels.
@@ -242,7 +243,7 @@ def process_messages(self, max_messages=10000):
                     message_handler = self.xray_heartbeat_batch_handler
                 elif channel == ray.gcs_utils.XRAY_JOB_CHANNEL:
                     # Handles driver death.
-                    message_handler = self.xray_job_removed_handler
+                    message_handler = self.xray_job_notification_handler
                 else:
                     raise Exception("This code should be unreachable.")
 
diff --git a/python/ray/state.py b/python/ray/state.py
index 288b64dc1d8b..75fd8a014de5 100644
--- a/python/ray/state.py
+++ b/python/ray/state.py
@@ -385,6 +385,76 @@ def client_table(self):
 
         return _parse_client_table(self.redis_client)
 
+    def _job_table(self, job_id):
+        """Fetch and parse the job table information for a single job ID.
+
+        Args:
+            job_id: A job ID or hex string to get information about.
+
+        Returns:
+            A dictionary with information about the job ID in question.
+        """
+        # Allow the argument to be either a JobID or a hex string.
+        if not isinstance(job_id, ray.JobID):
+            assert isinstance(job_id, str)
+            job_id = ray.JobID(hex_to_binary(job_id))
+
+        # Return information about a single job ID.
+        message = self.redis_client.execute_command(
+            "RAY.TABLE_LOOKUP", gcs_utils.TablePrefix.Value("JOB"), "",
+            job_id.binary())
+
+        if message is None:
+            return {}
+
+        gcs_entry = gcs_utils.GcsEntry.FromString(message)
+
+        assert len(gcs_entry.entries) > 0
+
+        job_info = {}
+
+        for i in range(len(gcs_entry.entries)):
+            entry = gcs_utils.JobTableData.FromString(gcs_entry.entries[i])
+            assert entry.job_id == job_id.binary()
+            job_info["JobID"] = job_id.hex()
+            job_info["NodeManagerAddress"] = entry.node_manager_address
+            job_info["DriverPid"] = entry.driver_pid
+            if entry.is_dead:
+                job_info["StopTime"] = entry.timestamp
+            else:
+                job_info["StartTime"] = entry.timestamp
+
+        return job_info
+
+    def job_table(self):
+        """Fetch and parse the Redis job table.
+
+        Returns:
+            Information about the Ray jobs in the cluster,
+            namely a list of dicts with keys:
+            - "JobID" (identifier for the job),
+            - "NodeManagerAddress" (IP address of the driver for this job),
+            - "DriverPid" (process ID of the driver for this job),
+            - "StartTime" (UNIX timestamp of the start time of this job),
+            - "StopTime" (UNIX timestamp of the stop time of this job, if any)
+        """
+        self._check_connected()
+
+        job_keys = self.redis_client.keys(gcs_utils.TablePrefix_JOB_string +
+                                          "*")
+
+        job_ids_binary = {
+            key[len(gcs_utils.TablePrefix_JOB_string):]
+            for key in job_keys
+        }
+
+        results = []
+
+        for job_id_binary in job_ids_binary:
+            results.append(self._job_table(binary_to_hex(job_id_binary)))
+
+        return results
+
     def _profile_table(self, batch_id):
         """Get the profile events for a given batch of profile events.
 
@@ -982,6 +1052,20 @@ def error_messages(self, job_id=None):
 global_state = DeprecatedGlobalState()
 
 
+def jobs():
+    """Get a list of the jobs in the cluster.
+
+    Returns:
+        Information from the job table, namely a list of dicts with keys:
+        - "JobID" (identifier for the job),
+        - "NodeManagerAddress" (IP address of the driver for this job),
+        - "DriverPid" (process ID of the driver for this job),
+        - "StartTime" (UNIX timestamp of the start time of this job),
+        - "StopTime" (UNIX timestamp of the stop time of this job, if any)
+    """
+    return state.job_table()
+
+
 def nodes():
     """Get a list of the nodes in the cluster.
 
diff --git a/python/ray/tests/test_basic.py b/python/ray/tests/test_basic.py
index cff8d45b9971..9223a2f6132e 100644
--- a/python/ray/tests/test_basic.py
+++ b/python/ray/tests/test_basic.py
@@ -2423,15 +2423,22 @@ def wait_for_num_objects(num_objects, timeout=10):
     os.environ.get("RAY_USE_NEW_GCS") == "on",
     reason="New GCS API doesn't have a Python API yet.")
 def test_global_state_api(shutdown_only):
-    with pytest.raises(Exception):
+
+    error_message = ("The ray global state API cannot be used "
+                     "before ray.init has been called.")
+
+    with pytest.raises(Exception, match=error_message):
         ray.objects()
 
-    with pytest.raises(Exception):
+    with pytest.raises(Exception, match=error_message):
         ray.tasks()
 
-    with pytest.raises(Exception):
+    with pytest.raises(Exception, match=error_message):
         ray.nodes()
 
+    with pytest.raises(Exception, match=error_message):
+        ray.jobs()
+
     ray.init(num_cpus=5, num_gpus=3, resources={"CustomResource": 1})
 
     resources = {"CPU": 5, "GPU": 3, "CustomResource": 1}
@@ -2509,6 +2516,12 @@ def wait_for_object_table():
     object_table_entry = ray.objects(result_id)
     assert object_table[result_id] == object_table_entry
 
+    job_table = ray.jobs()
+
+    assert len(job_table) == 1
+    assert job_table[0]["JobID"] == job_id
+    assert job_table[0]["NodeManagerAddress"] == node_ip_address
+
 
 # TODO(rkn): Pytest actually has tools for capturing stdout and stderr, so we
 # should use those, but they seem to conflict with Ray's use of faulthandler.
diff --git a/src/ray/gcs/client_test.cc b/src/ray/gcs/client_test.cc
index 7fdd48f32e3c..fb4fdedb37ef 100644
--- a/src/ray/gcs/client_test.cc
+++ b/src/ray/gcs/client_test.cc
@@ -581,7 +581,8 @@ void TestLogSubscribeAll(const JobID &job_id,
   auto subscribe_callback = [job_ids](gcs::AsyncGcsClient *client) {
     // We have subscribed. Do the writes to the table.
     for (size_t i = 0; i < job_ids.size(); i++) {
-      RAY_CHECK_OK(client->job_table().AppendJobData(job_ids[i], false));
+      RAY_CHECK_OK(
+          client->job_table().AppendJobData(job_ids[i], false, 0, "localhost", 1));
     }
   };
 
diff --git a/src/ray/gcs/tables.cc b/src/ray/gcs/tables.cc
index 5fc004ee69c4..d3135288e9a9 100644
--- a/src/ray/gcs/tables.cc
+++ b/src/ray/gcs/tables.cc
@@ -475,10 +475,15 @@ std::string ProfileTable::DebugString() const {
   return Log<UniqueID, ProfileTableData>::DebugString();
 }
 
-Status JobTable::AppendJobData(const JobID &job_id, bool is_dead) {
+Status JobTable::AppendJobData(const JobID &job_id, bool is_dead, int64_t timestamp,
+                               const std::string &node_manager_address,
+                               int64_t driver_pid) {
   auto data = std::make_shared<JobTableData>();
   data->set_job_id(job_id.Binary());
   data->set_is_dead(is_dead);
+  data->set_timestamp(timestamp);
+  data->set_node_manager_address(node_manager_address);
+  data->set_driver_pid(driver_pid);
   return Append(JobID(job_id), job_id, data, /*done_callback=*/nullptr);
 }
 
diff --git a/src/ray/gcs/tables.h b/src/ray/gcs/tables.h
index 4984fdde7938..f8f5ab3dc04f 100644
--- a/src/ray/gcs/tables.h
+++ b/src/ray/gcs/tables.h
@@ -654,8 +654,12 @@ class JobTable : public Log<JobID, JobTableData> {
   ///
   /// \param job_id The job id.
   /// \param is_dead Whether the job is dead.
+  /// \param timestamp The UNIX timestamp when the driver was started/stopped.
+  /// \param node_manager_address IP address of the node the driver is running on.
+  /// \param driver_pid Process ID of the driver process.
   /// \return The return status.
-  Status AppendJobData(const JobID &job_id, bool is_dead);
+  Status AppendJobData(const JobID &job_id, bool is_dead, int64_t timestamp,
+                       const std::string &node_manager_address, int64_t driver_pid);
 };
 
 /// Actor table starts with an ALIVE entry, which represents the first time the actor
diff --git a/src/ray/protobuf/gcs.proto b/src/ray/protobuf/gcs.proto
index b4de8b9cac5d..b33e4afb8ef9 100644
--- a/src/ray/protobuf/gcs.proto
+++ b/src/ray/protobuf/gcs.proto
@@ -227,6 +227,12 @@ message JobTableData {
   bytes job_id = 1;
   // Whether it's dead.
   bool is_dead = 2;
+  // The UNIX timestamp corresponding to this event (job added or removed).
+  int64 timestamp = 3;
+  // IP of the node this job was started on.
+  string node_manager_address = 4;
+  // Process ID of the driver running this job.
+  int64 driver_pid = 5;
 }
 
 // This table stores the actor checkpoint data. An actor checkpoint
diff --git a/src/ray/raylet/main.cc b/src/ray/raylet/main.cc
index a39d0c975799..8da446d7a0e8 100644
--- a/src/ray/raylet/main.cc
+++ b/src/ray/raylet/main.cc
@@ -108,6 +108,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
       ray::raylet::ResourceSet(std::move(static_resource_conf));
   RAY_LOG(DEBUG) << "Starting raylet with static resource configuration: "
                  << node_manager_config.resource_config.ToString();
+  node_manager_config.node_manager_address = node_ip_address;
   node_manager_config.node_manager_port = node_manager_port;
   node_manager_config.num_initial_workers = num_initial_workers;
   node_manager_config.num_workers_per_process =
diff --git a/src/ray/raylet/node_manager.cc b/src/ray/raylet/node_manager.cc
index 35da34fe5207..cd2211ec731d 100644
--- a/src/ray/raylet/node_manager.cc
+++ b/src/ray/raylet/node_manager.cc
@@ -854,12 +854,17 @@ void NodeManager::ProcessRegisterClientRequestMessage(
   } else {
     // Register the new driver.
     const WorkerID driver_id = from_flatbuf<WorkerID>(*message->worker_id());
+    const JobID job_id = from_flatbuf<JobID>(*message->job_id());
     // Compute a dummy driver task id from a given driver.
     const TaskID driver_task_id = TaskID::ComputeDriverTaskId(driver_id);
     worker->AssignTaskId(driver_task_id);
-    worker->AssignJobId(from_flatbuf<JobID>(*message->job_id()));
+    worker->AssignJobId(job_id);
     worker_pool_.RegisterDriver(std::move(worker));
     local_queues_.AddDriverTaskId(driver_task_id);
+    RAY_CHECK_OK(gcs_client_->job_table().AppendJobData(
+        JobID(driver_id),
+        /*is_dead=*/false, std::time(nullptr), initial_config_.node_manager_address,
+        message->worker_pid()));
   }
 }
 
@@ -1025,8 +1030,10 @@ void NodeManager::ProcessDisconnectClientMessage(
     DispatchTasks(local_queues_.GetReadyTasksWithResources());
   } else if (is_driver) {
     // The client is a driver.
-    RAY_CHECK_OK(gcs_client_->job_table().AppendJobData(JobID(client->GetClientId()),
-                                                        /*is_dead=*/true));
+    RAY_CHECK_OK(gcs_client_->job_table().AppendJobData(
+        JobID(client->GetClientId()),
+        /*is_dead=*/true, std::time(nullptr), initial_config_.node_manager_address,
+        worker->Pid()));
     auto job_id = worker->GetAssignedTaskId();
     RAY_CHECK(!job_id.IsNil());
     local_queues_.RemoveDriverTaskId(job_id);
diff --git a/src/ray/raylet/node_manager.h b/src/ray/raylet/node_manager.h
index bea7fb97be90..d485fff8a909 100644
--- a/src/ray/raylet/node_manager.h
+++ b/src/ray/raylet/node_manager.h
@@ -35,6 +35,8 @@ using rpc::JobTableData;
 struct NodeManagerConfig {
   /// The node's resource configuration.
   ResourceSet resource_config;
+  /// The IP address this node manager is running on.
+  std::string node_manager_address;
   /// The port to use for listening to incoming connections. If this is 0 then
   /// the node manager will choose its own port.
   int node_manager_port;