diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/monitoring/common/types/es.ts b/x-pack/plugins/monitoring/common/types/es.ts
index 013d504fa8a73..862bf575c1c6d 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/monitoring/common/types/es.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/monitoring/common/types/es.ts
@@ -417,6 +417,7 @@ export interface ElasticsearchMetricbeatNode {
   name?: string;
   stats?: ElasticsearchNodeStats;
   master: boolean;
+  roles?: string[];
 }
 
 export interface ElasticsearchMetricbeatSource {
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/monitoring/public/application/pages/elasticsearch/nodes_page.tsx b/x-pack/plugins/monitoring/public/application/pages/elasticsearch/nodes_page.tsx
index b258361474a61..f64951817d310 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/monitoring/public/application/pages/elasticsearch/nodes_page.tsx
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/monitoring/public/application/pages/elasticsearch/nodes_page.tsx
@@ -66,7 +66,10 @@ export const ElasticsearchNodesPage: React.FC<ComponentProps> = ({ clusters }) =
     const url = `../api/monitoring/v1/clusters/${clusterUuid}/elasticsearch/nodes`;
     if (services.http?.fetch && clusterUuid) {
       setIsLoading(true);
-      const response = await services.http?.fetch<{ totalNodeCount: number }>(url, {
+      const response = await services.http?.fetch<{
+        totalNodeCount: number;
+        nodes: Array<{ roles: string[] }>;
+      }>(url, {
         method: 'POST',
         body: JSON.stringify({
           ccs,
@@ -79,7 +82,20 @@ export const ElasticsearchNodesPage: React.FC<ComponentProps> = ({ clusters }) =
       });
 
       setIsLoading(false);
-      setData(response);
+
+      const { nodes } = response;
+      const nodesWithSortedRoles = nodes.map((node) => {
+        const sortedRoles = sortNodeRoles(node.roles);
+        return {
+          ...node,
+          roles: sortedRoles,
+        };
+      });
+
+      setData({
+        ...response,
+        nodes: nodesWithSortedRoles,
+      });
       updateTotalItemCount(response.totalNodeCount);
       const alertsResponse = await fetchAlerts({
         fetch: services.http.fetch,
@@ -140,3 +156,35 @@ export const ElasticsearchNodesPage: React.FC<ComponentProps> = ({ clusters }) =
     </ElasticsearchTemplate>
   );
 };
+
+function sortNodeRoles(roles: string[]): string[] | undefined {
+  if (!roles) {
+    return undefined;
+  }
+
+  if (roles.length === 0) {
+    return roles;
+  }
+
+  const roleMap: { [key: string]: string } = {};
+  roles.forEach((role) => {
+    roleMap[role] = role;
+  });
+
+  const sortedRoles = [
+    roleMap.master,
+    roleMap.voting_only,
+    roleMap.data,
+    roleMap.data_content,
+    roleMap.data_hot,
+    roleMap.data_warm,
+    roleMap.data_cold,
+    roleMap.data_frozen,
+    roleMap.ingest,
+    roleMap.transform,
+    roleMap.ml,
+    roleMap.remote_cluster_client,
+  ];
+
+  return sortedRoles.filter((role) => role);
+}
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/monitoring/public/components/elasticsearch/nodes/nodes.js b/x-pack/plugins/monitoring/public/components/elasticsearch/nodes/nodes.js
index e38b2162c8779..b8551a6bbc887 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/monitoring/public/components/elasticsearch/nodes/nodes.js
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/monitoring/public/components/elasticsearch/nodes/nodes.js
@@ -5,36 +5,38 @@
  * 2.0.
  */
 
-import React, { Fragment } from 'react';
-import { extractIp } from '../../../lib/extract_ip'; // TODO this is only used for elasticsearch nodes summary / node detail, so it should be moved to components/elasticsearch/nodes/lib
-import { getSafeForExternalLink } from '../../../lib/get_safe_for_external_link';
-import { ClusterStatus } from '../cluster_status';
-import { EuiMonitoringSSPTable } from '../../table';
-import { MetricCell, OfflineCell } from './cells';
-import { SetupModeBadge } from '../../setup_mode/badge';
 import {
+  EuiBadge,
+  EuiBadgeGroup,
+  EuiButton,
+  EuiCallOut,
+  EuiHealth,
   EuiIcon,
   EuiLink,
-  EuiToolTip,
-  EuiSpacer,
   EuiPage,
-  EuiPageContent_Deprecated as EuiPageContent,
   EuiPageBody,
+  EuiPageContent_Deprecated as EuiPageContent,
   EuiPanel,
-  EuiCallOut,
-  EuiButton,
-  EuiText,
   EuiScreenReaderOnly,
-  EuiHealth,
+  EuiSpacer,
+  EuiText,
+  EuiToolTip,
 } from '@elastic/eui';
 import { i18n } from '@kbn/i18n';
+import { FormattedMessage } from '@kbn/i18n-react';
 import { get } from 'lodash';
+import React, { Fragment } from 'react';
 import { ELASTICSEARCH_SYSTEM_ID } from '../../../../common/constants';
-import { FormattedMessage } from '@kbn/i18n-react';
-import { ListingCallOut } from '../../setup_mode/listing_callout';
+import { SetupModeFeature } from '../../../../common/enums';
 import { AlertsStatus } from '../../../alerts/status';
+import { extractIp } from '../../../lib/extract_ip'; // TODO this is only used for elasticsearch nodes summary / node detail, so it should be moved to components/elasticsearch/nodes/lib
+import { getSafeForExternalLink } from '../../../lib/get_safe_for_external_link';
 import { isSetupModeFeatureEnabled } from '../../../lib/setup_mode';
-import { SetupModeFeature } from '../../../../common/enums';
+import { SetupModeBadge } from '../../setup_mode/badge';
+import { ListingCallOut } from '../../setup_mode/listing_callout';
+import { EuiMonitoringSSPTable } from '../../table';
+import { ClusterStatus } from '../cluster_status';
+import { MetricCell, OfflineCell } from './cells';
 
 const getNodeTooltip = (node) => {
   const { nodeTypeLabel, nodeTypeClass } = node;
@@ -177,6 +179,60 @@ const getColumns = (showCgroupMetricsElasticsearch, setupMode, clusterUuid, aler
     },
   });
 
+  cols.push({
+    name: i18n.translate('xpack.monitoring.elasticsearch.nodes.rolesColumnTitle', {
+      defaultMessage: 'Roles',
+    }),
+    field: 'roles',
+    render: (roles) => {
+      if (!roles) {
+        return i18n.translate('xpack.monitoring.formatNumbers.notAvailableLabel', {
+          defaultMessage: 'N/A',
+        });
+      }
+
+      if (roles.length === 0) {
+        return (
+          <EuiBadge>
+            {i18n.translate('xpack.monitoring.elasticsearch.nodes.coordinatingNodeLabel', {
+              defaultMessage: 'coordinating only',
+            })}
+          </EuiBadge>
+        );
+      }
+
+      if (roles.length > 5) {
+        const head = roles.slice(0, 5);
+        const tail = roles.slice(5, roles.length);
+
+        return (
+          <EuiBadgeGroup gutterSize="xs">
+            {head.map((role) => (
+              <EuiBadge color={role === 'master' ? 'hollow' : 'default'}>{role}</EuiBadge>
+            ))}
+            <EuiToolTip
+              anchorProps={{
+                style: { lineHeight: '1' },
+              }}
+              position="bottom"
+              content={tail.join(', ')}
+            >
+              <EuiBadge>+{tail.length}</EuiBadge>
+            </EuiToolTip>
+          </EuiBadgeGroup>
+        );
+      }
+
+      return (
+        <EuiBadgeGroup gutterSize="xs">
+          {roles.map((role) => (
+            <EuiBadge color={role === 'master' ? 'hollow' : 'default'}>{role}</EuiBadge>
+          ))}
+        </EuiBadgeGroup>
+      );
+    },
+  });
+
   cols.push({
     name: i18n.translate('xpack.monitoring.elasticsearch.nodes.shardsColumnTitle', {
       defaultMessage: 'Shards',
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/monitoring/server/lib/elasticsearch/nodes/get_nodes/map_nodes_info.ts b/x-pack/plugins/monitoring/server/lib/elasticsearch/nodes/get_nodes/map_nodes_info.ts
index aaa2092e08c4f..f3713fd03a77c 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/monitoring/server/lib/elasticsearch/nodes/get_nodes/map_nodes_info.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/monitoring/server/lib/elasticsearch/nodes/get_nodes/map_nodes_info.ts
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import { getNodeTypeClassLabel } from '../get_node_type_class_label';
 import {
   ElasticsearchResponseHit,
   ElasticsearchModifiedSource,
+  ElasticsearchMetricbeatNode,
 } from '../../../../../common/types/es';
 
 /**
@@ -52,6 +53,7 @@ export function mapNodesInfo(
         nodeTypeLabel,
         nodeTypeClass,
         shardCount: nodesShardCount?.nodes[uuid]?.shardCount ?? 0,
+        roles: (sourceNode as ElasticsearchMetricbeatNode)?.roles,
       },
     };
   }, {});