diff --git a/plugin/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/ml/job/JobManager.java b/plugin/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/ml/job/JobManager.java
index 1909ed08ae5..5aebca39707 100644
--- a/plugin/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/ml/job/JobManager.java
+++ b/plugin/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/ml/job/JobManager.java
@@ -414,7 +414,7 @@ public class JobManager extends AbstractComponent {
      * @param modelSnapshot         the updated model snapshot object to be stored
      */
     public void updateModelSnapshot(ModelSnapshot modelSnapshot, Consumer<Boolean> handler, Consumer<Exception> errorHandler) {
-        String index = AnomalyDetectorsIndex.jobResultsAliasedName(modelSnapshot.getJobId());
+        String index = AnomalyDetectorsIndex.resultsWriteAlias(modelSnapshot.getJobId());
         IndexRequest indexRequest = new IndexRequest(index, ModelSnapshot.TYPE.getPreferredName(), ModelSnapshot.documentId(modelSnapshot));
         try (XContentBuilder builder = XContentFactory.jsonBuilder()) {
             modelSnapshot.toXContent(builder, ToXContent.EMPTY_PARAMS);
diff --git a/plugin/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/ml/job/persistence/AnomalyDetectorsIndex.java b/plugin/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/ml/job/persistence/AnomalyDetectorsIndex.java
index 4eb1d0aef97..641760462c1 100644
--- a/plugin/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/ml/job/persistence/AnomalyDetectorsIndex.java
+++ b/plugin/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/ml/job/persistence/AnomalyDetectorsIndex.java
@@ -38,6 +38,16 @@ public final class AnomalyDetectorsIndex {
         return RESULTS_INDEX_PREFIX + jobId;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * The name of the alias pointing to the write index for a job
+     * @param jobId Job Id
+     * @return The write alias
+     */
+    public static String resultsWriteAlias(String jobId) {
+        // TODO: Replace with an actual write alias
+        return jobResultsAliasedName(jobId);
+    }
+
     /**
      * Retrieves the currently defined physical index from the job state
      * @param jobId Job Id
diff --git a/plugin/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/ml/job/persistence/JobDataCountsPersister.java b/plugin/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/ml/job/persistence/JobDataCountsPersister.java
index 64f9747b684..22e1b5a399c 100644
--- a/plugin/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/ml/job/persistence/JobDataCountsPersister.java
+++ b/plugin/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/ml/job/persistence/JobDataCountsPersister.java
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ public class JobDataCountsPersister extends AbstractComponent {
      */
     public void persistDataCounts(String jobId, DataCounts counts, ActionListener<Boolean> listener) {
         try (XContentBuilder content = serialiseCounts(counts)) {
-            client.prepareIndex(AnomalyDetectorsIndex.jobResultsAliasedName(jobId), DataCounts.TYPE.getPreferredName(),
+            client.prepareIndex(AnomalyDetectorsIndex.resultsWriteAlias(jobId), DataCounts.TYPE.getPreferredName(),
                     DataCounts.documentId(jobId))
             .setSource(content).execute(new ActionListener<IndexResponse>() {
                 @Override
diff --git a/plugin/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/ml/job/persistence/JobResultsPersister.java b/plugin/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/ml/job/persistence/JobResultsPersister.java
index c8141290bcd..2babba53ec3 100644
--- a/plugin/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/ml/job/persistence/JobResultsPersister.java
+++ b/plugin/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/ml/job/persistence/JobResultsPersister.java
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ public class JobResultsPersister extends AbstractComponent {
 
         private Builder(String jobId) {
             this.jobId = Objects.requireNonNull(jobId);
-            indexName = AnomalyDetectorsIndex.jobResultsAliasedName(jobId);
+            indexName = AnomalyDetectorsIndex.resultsWriteAlias(jobId);
             bulkRequest = new BulkRequest();
         }
 
@@ -225,7 +225,7 @@ public class JobResultsPersister extends AbstractComponent {
     public void persistCategoryDefinition(CategoryDefinition category) {
         Persistable persistable = new Persistable(category.getJobId(), category, CategoryDefinition.TYPE.getPreferredName(),
                 CategoryDefinition.documentId(category.getJobId(), Long.toString(category.getCategoryId())));
-        persistable.persist(AnomalyDetectorsIndex.jobResultsAliasedName(category.getJobId())).actionGet();
+        persistable.persist(AnomalyDetectorsIndex.resultsWriteAlias(category.getJobId())).actionGet();
         // Don't commit as we expect masses of these updates and they're not
         // read again by this process
     }
@@ -255,7 +255,7 @@ public class JobResultsPersister extends AbstractComponent {
     public void persistModelSnapshot(ModelSnapshot modelSnapshot) {
         Persistable persistable = new Persistable(modelSnapshot.getJobId(), modelSnapshot, ModelSnapshot.TYPE.getPreferredName(),
                 ModelSnapshot.documentId(modelSnapshot));
-        persistable.persist(AnomalyDetectorsIndex.jobResultsAliasedName(modelSnapshot.getJobId())).actionGet();
+        persistable.persist(AnomalyDetectorsIndex.resultsWriteAlias(modelSnapshot.getJobId())).actionGet();
     }
 
     /**
@@ -265,7 +265,7 @@ public class JobResultsPersister extends AbstractComponent {
         String jobId = modelSizeStats.getJobId();
         logger.trace("[{}] Persisting model size stats, for size {}", jobId, modelSizeStats.getModelBytes());
         Persistable persistable = new Persistable(jobId, modelSizeStats, Result.TYPE.getPreferredName(), modelSizeStats.documentId());
-        persistable.persist(AnomalyDetectorsIndex.jobResultsAliasedName(jobId)).actionGet();
+        persistable.persist(AnomalyDetectorsIndex.resultsWriteAlias(jobId)).actionGet();
         // Don't commit as we expect masses of these updates and they're only
         // for information at the API level
     }
@@ -279,7 +279,7 @@ public class JobResultsPersister extends AbstractComponent {
         logger.trace("[{}] Persisting model size stats, for size {}", jobId, modelSizeStats.getModelBytes());
         Persistable persistable = new Persistable(jobId, modelSizeStats, Result.TYPE.getPreferredName(), modelSizeStats.documentId());
         persistable.setRefreshPolicy(refreshPolicy);
-        persistable.persist(AnomalyDetectorsIndex.jobResultsAliasedName(jobId), listener);
+        persistable.persist(AnomalyDetectorsIndex.resultsWriteAlias(jobId), listener);
         // Don't commit as we expect masses of these updates and they're only
         // for information at the API level
     }
@@ -289,7 +289,7 @@ public class JobResultsPersister extends AbstractComponent {
      */
     public void persistModelPlot(ModelPlot modelPlot) {
         Persistable persistable = new Persistable(modelPlot.getJobId(), modelPlot, Result.TYPE.getPreferredName(), null);
-        persistable.persist(AnomalyDetectorsIndex.jobResultsAliasedName(modelPlot.getJobId())).actionGet();
+        persistable.persist(AnomalyDetectorsIndex.resultsWriteAlias(modelPlot.getJobId())).actionGet();
         // Don't commit as we expect masses of these updates and they're not
         // read again by this process
     }
@@ -309,7 +309,10 @@ public class JobResultsPersister extends AbstractComponent {
      * @return True if successful
      */
     public boolean commitResultWrites(String jobId) {
+        // We refresh using the read alias in order to ensure all indices will
+        // be refreshed even if a rollover occurs in between.
         String indexName = AnomalyDetectorsIndex.jobResultsAliasedName(jobId);
+
         // Refresh should wait for Lucene to make the data searchable
         logger.trace("[{}] ES API CALL: refresh index {}", jobId, indexName);
         RefreshRequest refreshRequest = new RefreshRequest(indexName);