diff --git a/warehouse/ingest-core/pom.xml b/warehouse/ingest-core/pom.xml
index 90fb606c9be..014454ea370 100644
--- a/warehouse/ingest-core/pom.xml
+++ b/warehouse/ingest-core/pom.xml
@@ -212,6 +212,21 @@
             <artifactId>javassist</artifactId>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.junit.jupiter</groupId>
+            <artifactId>junit-jupiter-api</artifactId>
+            <scope>test</scope>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.junit.jupiter</groupId>
+            <artifactId>junit-jupiter-engine</artifactId>
+            <scope>test</scope>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.junit.jupiter</groupId>
+            <artifactId>junit-jupiter-params</artifactId>
+            <scope>test</scope>
+        </dependency>
     </dependencies>
     <build>
         <plugins>
diff --git a/warehouse/ingest-core/src/main/java/datawave/ingest/data/config/CachedFieldConfigHelper.java b/warehouse/ingest-core/src/main/java/datawave/ingest/data/config/CachedFieldConfigHelper.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e9cb340aba2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/warehouse/ingest-core/src/main/java/datawave/ingest/data/config/CachedFieldConfigHelper.java
@@ -0,0 +1,208 @@
+package datawave.ingest.data.config;
+
+import static java.lang.Thread.NORM_PRIORITY;
+import static java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit.SECONDS;
+
+import java.util.HashSet;
+import java.util.LinkedHashMap;
+import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.Set;
+import java.util.concurrent.Executors;
+import java.util.concurrent.ScheduledExecutorService;
+import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicLong;
+import java.util.function.Predicate;
+
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
+
+import com.google.common.annotations.VisibleForTesting;
+import com.google.common.util.concurrent.ThreadFactoryBuilder;
+
+public class CachedFieldConfigHelper implements FieldConfigHelper {
+    private final static Logger log = LoggerFactory.getLogger(CachedFieldConfigHelper.class);
+
+    private final static float DEFAULT_LRU_LF = 0.75f;
+    private final static int DEFAULT_DEBUG_STATE_SECS = 30;
+
+    private final FieldConfigHelper underlyingHelper;
+    private final LruCache<String,CachedEntry> resultCache;
+    private final boolean debugLimitsEnabled;
+    private final int limit;
+    private final Set<String> debugFieldUnique;
+    private final ScheduledExecutorService debugStateExecutor;
+    private final AtomicLong debugFieldComputes;
+
+    enum AttributeType {
+        INDEXED_FIELD, REVERSE_INDEXED_FIELD, TOKENIZED_FIELD, REVERSE_TOKENIZED_FIELD, STORED_FIELD, INDEX_ONLY_FIELD
+    }
+
+    public CachedFieldConfigHelper(FieldConfigHelper helper, int limit) {
+        this(helper, limit, false);
+    }
+
+    public CachedFieldConfigHelper(FieldConfigHelper helper, int limit, boolean debugLimitEnabled) {
+        if (limit < 1) {
+            throw new IllegalArgumentException("Limit must be a positive integer");
+        }
+        this.underlyingHelper = helper;
+        this.resultCache = new LruCache<>(limit);
+        this.limit = limit;
+        this.debugLimitsEnabled = debugLimitEnabled;
+        this.debugFieldUnique = new HashSet<>();
+        this.debugFieldComputes = new AtomicLong();
+
+        if (debugLimitEnabled) {
+            this.debugStateExecutor = Executors.newSingleThreadScheduledExecutor(
+            // @formatter:off
+                new ThreadFactoryBuilder()
+                    .setPriority(NORM_PRIORITY)
+                    .setDaemon(true)
+                    .setNameFormat("CachedFieldConfigHelper.DebugState")
+                    .build()
+                // formatter:off
+            );
+            this.debugStateExecutor.scheduleAtFixedRate(this::debugLogState, DEFAULT_DEBUG_STATE_SECS, DEFAULT_DEBUG_STATE_SECS, SECONDS);
+        } else {
+            this.debugStateExecutor = null;
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public boolean isStoredField(String fieldName) {
+        return getFieldResult(AttributeType.STORED_FIELD, fieldName, underlyingHelper::isStoredField);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public boolean isIndexedField(String fieldName) {
+        return getFieldResult(AttributeType.INDEXED_FIELD, fieldName, underlyingHelper::isIndexedField);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public boolean isIndexOnlyField(String fieldName) {
+        return getFieldResult(AttributeType.INDEX_ONLY_FIELD, fieldName, underlyingHelper::isIndexOnlyField);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public boolean isReverseIndexedField(String fieldName) {
+        return getFieldResult(AttributeType.REVERSE_INDEXED_FIELD, fieldName, underlyingHelper::isReverseIndexedField);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public boolean isTokenizedField(String fieldName) {
+        return getFieldResult(AttributeType.TOKENIZED_FIELD, fieldName, underlyingHelper::isTokenizedField);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public boolean isReverseTokenizedField(String fieldName) {
+        return getFieldResult(AttributeType.REVERSE_TOKENIZED_FIELD, fieldName, underlyingHelper::isReverseTokenizedField);
+    }
+
+    @VisibleForTesting
+    boolean getFieldResult(AttributeType attributeType, String fieldName, Predicate<String> fn) {
+        CachedEntry ce = !debugLimitsEnabled ?
+            resultCache.computeIfAbsent(fieldName, CachedEntry::new) :
+            resultCache.computeIfAbsent(fieldName, this::debugCachedEntryCreation);
+        return ce.get(attributeType).getResultOrEvaluate(fn);
+    }
+
+    @VisibleForTesting
+    boolean hasLimitExceeded() {
+        return resultCache.hasLimitExceeded();
+    }
+
+    private CachedEntry debugCachedEntryCreation(String fieldName) {
+        debugFieldComputes.incrementAndGet();
+        debugFieldUnique.add(fieldName);
+        return new CachedEntry(fieldName);
+    }
+
+    private void debugLogState() {
+        if (resultCache.hasLimitExceeded()) {
+            log.info("Field cache LRU limit exceeded [limit={}, debug={}, size={}, uniq={}]",
+                limit, debugFieldComputes.get(), debugFieldUnique.size(), debugLimitsEnabled);
+        }
+    }
+
+    private static class LruCache<K,V> extends LinkedHashMap<K,V> {
+        private final int maxSize;
+        private volatile boolean limitExceeded;
+
+        LruCache(int maxSize) {
+            super((int)(maxSize / DEFAULT_LRU_LF) + 1, DEFAULT_LRU_LF, true);
+            this.maxSize = maxSize;
+        }
+
+        boolean hasLimitExceeded() {
+            // thread-safe
+            return limitExceeded;
+        }
+
+        protected boolean removeEldestEntry(Map.Entry<K,V> eldest) {
+            boolean localLimitExceeded = size() > maxSize;
+            if (localLimitExceeded) {
+                limitExceeded = true;
+            }
+            return localLimitExceeded;
+        }
+    }
+
+    private static class CachedEntry {
+        private final String fieldName;
+        private final MemoizedResult indexed;
+        private final MemoizedResult reverseIndexed;
+        private final MemoizedResult stored;
+        private final MemoizedResult indexedOnly;
+        private final MemoizedResult tokenized;
+        private final MemoizedResult reverseTokenized;
+
+        private CachedEntry(String fieldName) {
+            this.fieldName = fieldName;
+            this.indexed = new MemoizedResult();
+            this.reverseIndexed = new MemoizedResult();
+            this.stored = new MemoizedResult();
+            this.indexedOnly = new MemoizedResult();
+            this.tokenized = new MemoizedResult();
+            this.reverseTokenized = new MemoizedResult();
+        }
+
+        private MemoizedResult get(AttributeType attributeType) {
+            MemoizedResult result;
+            switch (attributeType) {
+                case INDEX_ONLY_FIELD:
+                    result = indexedOnly;
+                    break;
+                case INDEXED_FIELD:
+                    result = indexed;
+                    break;
+                case REVERSE_INDEXED_FIELD:
+                    result = reverseIndexed;
+                    break;
+                case TOKENIZED_FIELD:
+                    result = tokenized;
+                    break;
+                case REVERSE_TOKENIZED_FIELD:
+                    result = reverseTokenized;
+                    break;
+                case STORED_FIELD:
+                    result = stored;
+                    break;
+                default:
+                    throw new IllegalArgumentException("Undefined attribute type: " + attributeType);
+            }
+            return result;
+        }
+
+        private class MemoizedResult {
+            private boolean resultEvaluated;
+            private boolean result;
+
+            private boolean getResultOrEvaluate(Predicate<String> evaluateFn) {
+                if (!resultEvaluated) {
+                    result = evaluateFn.test(fieldName);
+                    resultEvaluated = true;
+                }
+                return result;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/warehouse/ingest-core/src/main/java/datawave/ingest/data/config/ingest/BaseIngestHelper.java b/warehouse/ingest-core/src/main/java/datawave/ingest/data/config/ingest/BaseIngestHelper.java
index c3d28d3a2d8..df2a069df05 100644
--- a/warehouse/ingest-core/src/main/java/datawave/ingest/data/config/ingest/BaseIngestHelper.java
+++ b/warehouse/ingest-core/src/main/java/datawave/ingest/data/config/ingest/BaseIngestHelper.java
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@
 import datawave.ingest.config.IngestConfigurationFactory;
 import datawave.ingest.data.Type;
 import datawave.ingest.data.TypeRegistry;
+import datawave.ingest.data.config.CachedFieldConfigHelper;
 import datawave.ingest.data.config.DataTypeHelperImpl;
 import datawave.ingest.data.config.FieldConfigHelper;
 import datawave.ingest.data.config.MarkingsHelper;
@@ -138,6 +139,9 @@ public abstract class BaseIngestHelper extends AbstractIngestHelper implements C
     public static final String FIELD_FAILED_NORMALIZATION_POLICY = ".data.field.normalization.failure.policy";
 
     public static final String FIELD_CONFIG_FILE = ".data.category.field.config.file";
+    public static final String FIELD_CONFIG_CACHE_ENABLED = ".data.category.field.config.cache.enabled";
+    public static final String FIELD_CONFIG_CACHE_KEY_LIMIT = ".data.category.field.config.cache.limit";
+    public static final String FIELD_CONFIG_CACHE_KEY_LIMIT_DEBUG = ".data.category.field.config.cache.limit.debug";
 
     private static final Logger log = ThreadConfigurableLogger.getLogger(BaseIngestHelper.class);
 
@@ -255,10 +259,19 @@ public void setup(Configuration config) {
         // Load the field helper, which takes precedence over the individual field configurations
         final String fieldConfigFile = config.get(this.getType().typeName() + FIELD_CONFIG_FILE);
         if (fieldConfigFile != null) {
-            if (log.isDebugEnabled()) {
-                log.debug("Field config file " + fieldConfigFile + " specified for: " + this.getType().typeName() + FIELD_CONFIG_FILE);
+            final boolean fieldConfigCacheEnabled = config.getBoolean(this.getType().typeName() + FIELD_CONFIG_CACHE_ENABLED, false);
+            final boolean fieldConfigCacheLimitDebug = config.getBoolean(this.getType().typeName() + FIELD_CONFIG_CACHE_KEY_LIMIT_DEBUG, false);
+            final int fieldConfigCacheLimit = config.getInt(this.getType().typeName() + FIELD_CONFIG_CACHE_KEY_LIMIT, 100);
+            log.info("Field config file " + fieldConfigFile + " specified for: " + this.getType().typeName() + FIELD_CONFIG_FILE);
+            log.info("Field config cache enabled: " + fieldConfigCacheEnabled);
+            if (fieldConfigCacheEnabled) {
+                log.info("Field config cache limit: " + fieldConfigCacheLimit);
+                log.info("Field config cache limit debug: " + fieldConfigCacheLimitDebug);
+            }
+            fieldConfigHelper = XMLFieldConfigHelper.load(fieldConfigFile, this);
+            if (fieldConfigCacheEnabled) {
+                fieldConfigHelper = new CachedFieldConfigHelper(fieldConfigHelper, fieldConfigCacheLimit, fieldConfigCacheLimitDebug);
             }
-            this.fieldConfigHelper = XMLFieldConfigHelper.load(fieldConfigFile, this);
         }
 
         // Process the indexed fields
diff --git a/warehouse/ingest-core/src/test/java/datawave/ingest/data/config/CachedFieldConfigHelperTest.java b/warehouse/ingest-core/src/test/java/datawave/ingest/data/config/CachedFieldConfigHelperTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e040edccd95
--- /dev/null
+++ b/warehouse/ingest-core/src/test/java/datawave/ingest/data/config/CachedFieldConfigHelperTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,117 @@
+package datawave.ingest.data.config;
+
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertEquals;
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertFalse;
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertThrows;
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertTrue;
+import static org.mockito.ArgumentMatchers.any;
+import static org.mockito.ArgumentMatchers.eq;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.mock;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.verify;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.when;
+
+import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicLong;
+
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+import org.junit.jupiter.params.ParameterizedTest;
+import org.junit.jupiter.params.provider.EnumSource;
+import org.junit.jupiter.params.provider.ValueSource;
+
+public class CachedFieldConfigHelperTest {
+    @Test
+    public void testCachingBehaviorWillCallBaseMethods() {
+        String fieldName = "test";
+        FieldConfigHelper mockHelper = mock(FieldConfigHelper.class);
+        FieldConfigHelper cachedHelper = new CachedFieldConfigHelper(mockHelper, 1);
+
+        cachedHelper.isIndexOnlyField(fieldName);
+        verify(mockHelper).isIndexOnlyField(eq(fieldName));
+
+        cachedHelper.isIndexedField(fieldName);
+        verify(mockHelper).isIndexedField(eq(fieldName));
+
+        cachedHelper.isTokenizedField(fieldName);
+        verify(mockHelper).isTokenizedField(eq(fieldName));
+
+        cachedHelper.isStoredField(fieldName);
+        verify(mockHelper).isStoredField(eq(fieldName));
+
+        cachedHelper.isReverseIndexedField(fieldName);
+        verify(mockHelper).isReverseIndexedField(eq(fieldName));
+
+        cachedHelper.isReverseTokenizedField(fieldName);
+        verify(mockHelper).isReverseTokenizedField(eq(fieldName));
+    }
+
+    @ParameterizedTest
+    @ValueSource(ints = {-1, 0})
+    public void testConstructorWithNonPositiveLimitWillThrow(int limit) {
+        assertThrows(IllegalArgumentException.class, () -> new CachedFieldConfigHelper(mock(FieldConfigHelper.class), limit));
+    }
+
+    @SuppressWarnings("ClassEscapesDefinedScope")
+    @ParameterizedTest
+    @EnumSource(CachedFieldConfigHelper.AttributeType.class)
+    public void testAttributeTypesDoNotThrow(CachedFieldConfigHelper.AttributeType attributeType) {
+        String fieldName = "test";
+        FieldConfigHelper mockHelper = mock(FieldConfigHelper.class);
+        CachedFieldConfigHelper cachedHelper = new CachedFieldConfigHelper(mockHelper, 1);
+        cachedHelper.getFieldResult(attributeType, fieldName, (f) -> true);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testCachingLimitsBetweenFieldsAndAttributeTypes() {
+        AtomicLong storedCounter = new AtomicLong();
+        AtomicLong indexCounter = new AtomicLong();
+        FieldConfigHelper innerHelper = mock(FieldConfigHelper.class);
+        CachedFieldConfigHelper helper = new CachedFieldConfigHelper(innerHelper, 2, true);
+
+        when(innerHelper.isStoredField(any())).then((a) -> {
+            storedCounter.incrementAndGet();
+            return true;
+        });
+
+        when(innerHelper.isIndexedField(any())).then((a) -> {
+            indexCounter.incrementAndGet();
+            return true;
+        });
+
+        // following ensures that:
+        // 1. fields are computed, where appropriate per attribute-type
+        // 2. limit allows cache results to return
+        // 3. limit blocks results to return if exceeded
+        // 4. limit functions across attribute-types
+
+        helper.getFieldResult(CachedFieldConfigHelper.AttributeType.STORED_FIELD, "field1", innerHelper::isStoredField);
+        assertEquals(1, storedCounter.get(), "field1 should compute result (new field)");
+        assertFalse(helper.hasLimitExceeded());
+
+        helper.getFieldResult(CachedFieldConfigHelper.AttributeType.STORED_FIELD, "field1", innerHelper::isStoredField);
+        assertEquals(1, storedCounter.get(), "field1 repeated (existing field)");
+        assertFalse(helper.hasLimitExceeded());
+
+        helper.getFieldResult(CachedFieldConfigHelper.AttributeType.STORED_FIELD, "field2", innerHelper::isStoredField);
+        assertEquals(2, storedCounter.get(), "field2 should compute result (new field)");
+        assertFalse(helper.hasLimitExceeded());
+
+        helper.getFieldResult(CachedFieldConfigHelper.AttributeType.STORED_FIELD, "field2", innerHelper::isStoredField);
+        assertEquals(2, storedCounter.get(), "field2 repeated (existing)");
+        assertFalse(helper.hasLimitExceeded());
+
+        helper.getFieldResult(CachedFieldConfigHelper.AttributeType.INDEXED_FIELD, "field1", innerHelper::isIndexedField);
+        assertEquals(1, indexCounter.get(), "field1 should compute result (new attribute)");
+        assertFalse(helper.hasLimitExceeded());
+
+        helper.getFieldResult(CachedFieldConfigHelper.AttributeType.STORED_FIELD, "field3", innerHelper::isStoredField);
+        assertEquals(3, storedCounter.get(), "field3 exceeded limit (new field)");
+        assertTrue(helper.hasLimitExceeded());
+
+        helper.getFieldResult(CachedFieldConfigHelper.AttributeType.STORED_FIELD, "field3", innerHelper::isStoredField);
+        assertEquals(3, storedCounter.get(), "field3 exceeded limit (existing field)");
+
+        // LRU map should evict field #2
+        // we access field #1 above which has more accesses over field #2
+        helper.getFieldResult(CachedFieldConfigHelper.AttributeType.STORED_FIELD, "field2", innerHelper::isStoredField);
+        assertEquals(4, storedCounter.get(), "field1 exceeded limit (new field/eviction)");
+    }
+}