diff --git a/packages/teraslice-cli/package.json b/packages/teraslice-cli/package.json
index a46cee1f46d..905fbde3d93 100644
--- a/packages/teraslice-cli/package.json
+++ b/packages/teraslice-cli/package.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
     "name": "teraslice-cli",
     "displayName": "Teraslice CLI",
-    "version": "2.1.0",
+    "version": "2.2.0",
     "description": "Command line manager for teraslice jobs, assets, and cluster references.",
     "keywords": [
         "teraslice"
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@
         "@terascope/utils": "^0.60.0",
         "chalk": "^4.1.2",
         "cli-table3": "^0.6.4",
+        "diff": "^5.2.0",
         "easy-table": "^1.2.0",
         "ejs": "^3.1.10",
         "esbuild": "^0.21.5",
@@ -62,6 +63,7 @@
     },
     "devDependencies": {
         "@types/decompress": "^4.2.7",
+        "@types/diff": "^5.2.1",
         "@types/easy-table": "^1.2.0",
         "@types/ejs": "^3.1.5",
         "@types/js-yaml": "^4.0.9",
diff --git a/packages/teraslice-cli/src/cmds/tjm/view.ts b/packages/teraslice-cli/src/cmds/tjm/view.ts
index c30bfb2f3f1..b23216ea957 100644
--- a/packages/teraslice-cli/src/cmds/tjm/view.ts
+++ b/packages/teraslice-cli/src/cmds/tjm/view.ts
@@ -14,8 +14,10 @@ export default {
         yargs.option('src-dir', yargsOptions.buildOption('src-dir'));
         yargs.option('config-dir', yargsOptions.buildOption('config-dir'));
         yargs.options('status', yargsOptions.buildOption('jobs-status'));
+        yargs.option('diff', yargsOptions.buildOption('diff'));
         yargs
             .example('$0 tjm view JOB_FILE.json', 'displays job config on job cluster')
+            .example('$0 tjm view JOB_FILE.json --diff', 'Shows diff between the local json file and whats currently on the cluster')
             .example('$0 tjm view JOB_FILE1.json JOB_FILE2.json', 'displays config for multiple job files');
         return yargs;
     },
diff --git a/packages/teraslice-cli/src/helpers/jobs.ts b/packages/teraslice-cli/src/helpers/jobs.ts
index 5c85af37a63..63f498ffcd8 100644
--- a/packages/teraslice-cli/src/helpers/jobs.ts
+++ b/packages/teraslice-cli/src/helpers/jobs.ts
@@ -3,6 +3,9 @@ import {
     has, toString, pDelay, pMap,
 } from '@terascope/utils';
 import { Teraslice } from '@terascope/types';
+import chalk from 'chalk';
+import * as diff from 'diff';
+import path from 'node:path';
 import { Job } from 'teraslice-client-js';
 import TerasliceUtil from './teraslice-util.js';
 import Display from './display.js';
@@ -669,6 +672,88 @@ export default class Jobs {
         }
     }
 
+    formatJobConfig(jobConfig: JobConfigFile) {
+        const finalJobConfig: Partial<Teraslice.JobConfig> = {};
+        Object.keys(jobConfig).forEach((key) => {
+            if (key === '__metadata') {
+                finalJobConfig.job_id = jobConfig[key].cli.job_id;
+                finalJobConfig._updated = jobConfig[key].cli.updated;
+            } else {
+                finalJobConfig[key] = jobConfig[key];
+            }
+        });
+        return finalJobConfig;
+    }
+
+    getLocalJSONConfigs(srcDir: string, files: string[]) {
+        const localJobConfigs = {};
+        for (const file of files) {
+            const filePath = path.join(srcDir, file);
+            const jobConfig: JobConfigFile = JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync(filePath, { encoding: 'utf-8' }));
+            const formattedJobConfig = this.formatJobConfig(jobConfig);
+            localJobConfigs[formattedJobConfig.job_id as string] = formattedJobConfig;
+        }
+        return localJobConfigs;
+    }
+
+    printDiff(diffResult: Diff.Change[], showUpdateField: boolean) {
+        diffResult.forEach((part) => {
+            let color: chalk.Chalk;
+            let symbol: string;
+            let pointer: string;
+            if (part.added) {
+                color = chalk.green;
+                symbol = '+';
+                pointer = '   <--- local job file value';
+            } else if (part.removed) {
+                color = chalk.red;
+                symbol = '-';
+                pointer = '   <--- state cluster value';
+            } else {
+                color = chalk.grey;
+                symbol = ' ';
+                pointer = '';
+            }
+            const lines = part.value.split('\n');
+            lines.forEach((line) => {
+                /// Don't print blank lines
+                if (line.length !== 0) {
+                    /// These fields aren't in the job file so don't compare in diff
+                    if (!line.includes('"_created":') && !line.includes('"_context":')) {
+                        /// Check to see if we want to display _updated field
+                        if (line.includes('"_updated":')) {
+                            if (showUpdateField) {
+                                process.stdout.write(color(`${symbol} ${line}${pointer}\n`));
+                            }
+                        } else {
+                            process.stdout.write(color(`${symbol} ${line}${pointer}\n`));
+                        }
+                    }
+                }
+            });
+        });
+    }
+
+    getJobDiff(job: JobMetadata) {
+        const localJobConfigs = this.getLocalJSONConfigs(
+            this.config.args.srcDir,
+            this.config.args.jobFile
+        );
+        const diffObject = diff.diffJson(job.config, localJobConfigs[job.id]);
+
+        /// "_update" fields on the job file are always off by a couple milliseconds
+        /// We only want to display a diff of this field if it's greater than a minute
+        let showUpdateField = false;
+        const jobConfigUpdateTime = new Date(job.config._updated).getTime();
+        const localConfigUpdateTime = new Date(localJobConfigs[job.id]._updated).getTime();
+        const timeDiff = Math.abs(localConfigUpdateTime - jobConfigUpdateTime);
+        if (timeDiff > (1000 * 60)) {
+            showUpdateField = true;
+        }
+
+        this.printDiff(diffObject, showUpdateField);
+    }
+
     /**
      * @param args action and final property, final indicates if it is part of a series of commands
      * @param job job metadata
@@ -692,7 +777,11 @@ export default class Jobs {
             ({ message, final } = this.getUpdateMessage(action, job));
         }
 
-        reply.yellow(`> ${message}`);
+        if (this.config.args.diff && action === 'view') {
+            this.getJobDiff(job);
+        } else {
+            reply.yellow(`> ${message}`);
+        }
 
         if (final) {
             reply.green(`${jobInfoString}`);
diff --git a/packages/teraslice-cli/src/helpers/yargs-options.ts b/packages/teraslice-cli/src/helpers/yargs-options.ts
index 0158fd0a7d7..01e8aac7c48 100644
--- a/packages/teraslice-cli/src/helpers/yargs-options.ts
+++ b/packages/teraslice-cli/src/helpers/yargs-options.ts
@@ -228,6 +228,11 @@ export default class Options {
             describe: 'Silence non-error logging.',
             type: 'boolean'
         }),
+        diff: () => ({
+            describe: 'Shows diff on a job in a cluster and a job file',
+            default: false,
+            type: 'boolean'
+        })
     };
 
     private positionals: Record<string, (...args: any[]) => yargs.PositionalOptions> = {
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index c5431773570..b180c81163d 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -2682,6 +2682,11 @@
   dependencies:
     "@types/node" "*"
 
+"@types/diff@^5.2.1":
+  version "5.2.1"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@types/diff/-/diff-5.2.1.tgz#cceae9c4b2dae5c6b8ab1ce1263601c255d87fb3"
+  integrity sha512-uxpcuwWJGhe2AR1g8hD9F5OYGCqjqWnBUQFD8gMZsDbv8oPHzxJF6iMO6n8Tk0AdzlxoaaoQhOYlIg/PukVU8g==
+
 "@types/easy-table@^1.2.0":
   version "1.2.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@types/easy-table/-/easy-table-1.2.0.tgz#d7153551a2c3f6571dddff974b05aa2fb1a4a948"
@@ -5214,7 +5219,7 @@ diff-sequences@^29.6.3:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/diff-sequences/-/diff-sequences-29.6.3.tgz#4deaf894d11407c51efc8418012f9e70b84ea921"
   integrity sha512-EjePK1srD3P08o2j4f0ExnylqRs5B9tJjcp9t1krH2qRi8CCdsYfwe9JgSLurFBWwq4uOlipzfk5fHNvwFKr8Q==
 
-diff@^5.0.0:
+diff@^5.0.0, diff@^5.2.0:
   version "5.2.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/diff/-/diff-5.2.0.tgz#26ded047cd1179b78b9537d5ef725503ce1ae531"
   integrity sha512-uIFDxqpRZGZ6ThOk84hEfqWoHx2devRFvpTZcTHur85vImfaxUbTW9Ryh4CpCuDnToOP1CEtXKIgytHBPVff5A==