diff --git a/pkg/schema/v1/job.go b/pkg/schema/v1/job.go
index 880277eb..e4e89d22 100644
--- a/pkg/schema/v1/job.go
+++ b/pkg/schema/v1/job.go
@@ -2,10 +2,12 @@ package v1
 
 import (
 	"database/sql"
+	"fmt"
 	"github.com/icinga/icinga-go-library/types"
 	"github.com/icinga/icinga-kubernetes/pkg/database"
 	"github.com/icinga/icinga-kubernetes/pkg/strcase"
 	kbatchv1 "k8s.io/api/batch/v1"
+	kcorev1 "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
 	kmetav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
 	kruntime "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime"
 	kserializer "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime/serializer"
@@ -28,6 +30,8 @@ type Job struct {
 	Succeeded               int32
 	Failed                  int32
 	Yaml                    string
+	IcingaState             IcingaState
+	IcingaStateReason       string
 	Conditions              []JobCondition  `db:"-"`
 	Labels                  []Label         `db:"-"`
 	JobLabels               []JobLabel      `db:"-"`
@@ -120,6 +124,7 @@ func (j *Job) Obtain(k8s kmetav1.Object) {
 	j.Active = job.Status.Active
 	j.Succeeded = job.Status.Succeeded
 	j.Failed = job.Status.Failed
+	j.IcingaState, j.IcingaStateReason = j.getIcingaState(job)
 
 	for _, condition := range job.Status.Conditions {
 		j.Conditions = append(j.Conditions, JobCondition{
@@ -166,6 +171,63 @@ func (j *Job) Obtain(k8s kmetav1.Object) {
 	j.Yaml = string(output)
 }
 
+func (j *Job) getIcingaState(job *kbatchv1.Job) (IcingaState, string) {
+	for _, condition := range job.Status.Conditions {
+		if condition.Status != kcorev1.ConditionTrue {
+			continue
+		}
+
+		switch condition.Type {
+		case kbatchv1.JobSuccessCriteriaMet:
+			return Ok, fmt.Sprintf(
+				"Job %s/%s met its sucess criteria.",
+				j.Namespace, j.Name)
+		case kbatchv1.JobComplete:
+			reason := fmt.Sprintf(
+				"Job %s/%s has completed its execution successfully with",
+				j.Namespace, j.Name)
+
+			if j.Completions.Valid {
+				reason += fmt.Sprintf(" %d necessary pod completions.", j.Completions.Int32)
+			} else {
+				reason += " any pod completion."
+			}
+
+			return Ok, reason
+		case kbatchv1.JobFailed:
+			return Critical, fmt.Sprintf(
+				"Job %s/%s has failed its execution. %s: %s.",
+				j.Namespace, j.Name, condition.Reason, condition.Message)
+		case kbatchv1.JobFailureTarget:
+			return Warning, fmt.Sprintf(
+				"Job %s/%s is about to fail its execution. %s: %s.",
+				j.Namespace, j.Name, condition.Reason, condition.Message)
+		case kbatchv1.JobSuspended:
+			return Ok, fmt.Sprintf(
+				"Job %s/%s is suspended.",
+				j.Namespace, j.Name)
+		}
+	}
+
+	var completions string
+	if j.Completions.Valid {
+		completions = fmt.Sprintf("%d pod completions", j.Completions.Int32)
+	} else {
+		completions = "any pod completion"
+	}
+
+	reason := fmt.Sprintf(
+		"Job %s/%s is running since %s with currently %d active, %d completed and %d failed pods. "+
+			"Successful termination requires %s. The back-off limit is %d.",
+		j.Namespace, j.Name, job.Status.StartTime, j.Active, j.Succeeded, j.Failed, completions, job.Spec.BackoffLimit)
+
+	if job.Spec.ActiveDeadlineSeconds != nil {
+		reason += fmt.Sprintf(" Deadline for completion is %d.", job.Spec.ActiveDeadlineSeconds)
+	}
+
+	return Pending, reason
+}
+
 func (j *Job) Relations() []database.Relation {
 	fk := database.WithForeignKey("job_uuid")
 
diff --git a/schema/mysql/schema.sql b/schema/mysql/schema.sql
index 39680499..603e5329 100644
--- a/schema/mysql/schema.sql
+++ b/schema/mysql/schema.sql
@@ -803,6 +803,8 @@ CREATE TABLE job (
   succeeded int unsigned NOT NULL,
   failed int unsigned NOT NULL,
   yaml mediumblob DEFAULT NULL,
+  icinga_state enum('pending', 'ok', 'warning', 'critical', 'unknown') COLLATE utf8mb4_unicode_ci NOT NULL,
+  icinga_state_reason text NOT NULL,
   created bigint unsigned NOT NULL,
   PRIMARY KEY (uuid)
 ) ENGINE=InnoDB DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8mb4 COLLATE=utf8mb4_bin;