diff --git a/awx/main/migrations/0201_eventquery.py b/awx/main/migrations/0201_eventquery.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..09fd4e371b21
--- /dev/null
+++ b/awx/main/migrations/0201_eventquery.py
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+# Generated by Django 4.2.16 on 2025-01-27 12:19
+
+from django.db import migrations, models
+
+
+class Migration(migrations.Migration):
+
+    dependencies = [
+        ('main', '0200_delete_token_cleanup_job'),
+    ]
+
+    operations = [
+        migrations.CreateModel(
+            name='EventQuery',
+            fields=[
+                ('id', models.AutoField(auto_created=True, primary_key=True, serialize=False, verbose_name='ID')),
+                ('fqcn', models.CharField(max_length=255)),
+                ('collection_version', models.CharField(max_length=32)),
+                ('event_query', models.JSONField(default=dict)),
+            ],
+            options={
+                'unique_together': {('fqcn', 'collection_version')},
+            },
+        ),
+    ]
diff --git a/awx/main/models/event_query.py b/awx/main/models/event_query.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..49110f08fc67
--- /dev/null
+++ b/awx/main/models/event_query.py
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+from django.core.exceptions import ValidationError
+from django.db import models
+
+from awx.main.models import BaseModel
+
+
+class EventQuery(BaseModel):
+    """
+    Event queries are jq present in some collections and used to filter job events
+    for indirectly created resources.
+    """
+
+    class Meta:
+        app_label = 'main'
+        unique_together = ['fqcn', 'collection_version']
+
+    fqcn = models.CharField(max_length=255)
+    collection_version = models.CharField(max_length=32)
+    event_query = models.JSONField(default=dict)
+
+    def validate_unique(self, exclude=None):
+        try:
+            EventQuery.objects.get(fqcn=self.fqcn, collection_version=self.collection_version)
+        except EventQuery.DoesNotExist:
+            return
+
+        raise ValidationError(f'an event query for collection {self.fqcn}, version {self.collection_version} already exists')
diff --git a/awx/main/tasks/callback.py b/awx/main/tasks/callback.py
index 069bc408c97d..91d369e0e9fc 100644
--- a/awx/main/tasks/callback.py
+++ b/awx/main/tasks/callback.py
@@ -1,10 +1,15 @@
 import json
+import os.path
 import time
 import logging
 from collections import deque
 
+from awx.main.models.event_query import EventQuery
+
 # Django
 from django.conf import settings
+from django.contrib.messages.api import error
+from django.core.exceptions import ValidationError
 from django_guid import get_guid
 from django.utils.functional import cached_property
 from django.db import connections
@@ -15,11 +20,64 @@
 from awx.main.utils.update_model import update_model
 from awx.main.queue import CallbackQueueDispatcher
 
+from flags.state import flag_enabled
+
 logger = logging.getLogger('awx.main.tasks.callback')
 
 
+def collect_queries(query_file_contents) -> dict:
+    """
+    collect_queries extracts host queries from the contents of
+    ansible_data.json
+    """
+    result = {}
+
+    try:
+        installed_collections = query_file_contents['installed_collections']
+    except KeyError:
+        logger.error("installed_collections missing in callback response")
+        return result
+
+    for key, value in installed_collections.items():
+        if 'host_query' in value and 'version' in value:
+            result[key] = value
+
+    return result
+
+
+def try_load_query_file(artifact_dir) -> (bool, dict):
+    """
+    try_load_query_file checks the artifact directory after job completion and
+    returns the contents of ansible_data.json if present
+    """
+
+    if not flag_enabled("FEATURE_INDIRECT_NODE_COUNTING_ENABLED"):
+        return False, None
+
+    queries_path = os.path.join(artifact_dir, "ansible_data.json")
+    if not os.path.isfile(queries_path):
+        logger.info(f"no query file found: {queries_path}")
+        return False, None
+
+    try:
+        f = open(queries_path, "r")
+    except OSError as e:
+        logger.error(f"error opening query file {queries_path}: {e}")
+        return False, None
+
+    with f:
+        try:
+            queries = json.load(f)
+        except ValueError as e:
+            logger.error(f"error parsing query file {queries_path}: {e}")
+            return False, None
+
+        return True, queries
+
+
 class RunnerCallback:
     def __init__(self, model=None):
+        self.instance = None
         self.parent_workflow_job_id = None
         self.host_map = {}
         self.guid = get_guid()
@@ -214,6 +272,21 @@ def status_handler(self, status_data, runner_config):
                     self.delay_update(**{field_name: field_value})
 
     def artifacts_handler(self, artifact_dir):
+        success, query_file_contents = try_load_query_file(artifact_dir)
+        if success:
+            collections_info = collect_queries(query_file_contents)
+            for collection, data in collections_info.items():
+                version = data['version']
+                event_query = data['host_query']
+                instance = EventQuery(fqcn=collection, collection_version=version, event_query=event_query)
+                try:
+                    instance.validate_unique()
+                    instance.save()
+
+                    logger.info(f"eventy query for collection {collection}, version {version} created")
+                except ValidationError as e:
+                    logger.info(e)
+
         self.artifacts_processed = True