# Submit an Amazon EKS MNP job
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To submit a job using the registered job definition, enter the following command. Replace the value of <EKS\_JOB\_QUEUE\_NAME> with the name or ARN of a pre-existing job queue associated with an Amazon EKS compute environment. 

```
aws batch submit-job --job-queue {{<EKS_JOB_QUEUE_NAME>}} \
    --job-definition MyEksMnpJobDefinition \
    --job-name myFirstEksMnpJob
```

You will receive the following JSON response.

```
{
    "jobArn": "arn:aws:batch:{{region}}:{{account}}:job/9b979cce-9da0-446d-90e2-ffa16d52af68",
    "jobName": "myFirstEksMnpJob", 
    "jobId": "{{<JOB_ID>}}"
}
```

You can check the status of the job using the returned jobId with the following command.

```
aws batch describe-jobs --jobs {{<JOB_ID>}}
```