diff --git a/warehouse/ingest-core/pom.xml b/warehouse/ingest-core/pom.xml
index 93c4b6b61f1..f5ca2dd1117 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..48f3c4b7e38
--- /dev/null
+++ b/warehouse/ingest-core/src/main/java/datawave/ingest/data/config/CachedFieldConfigHelper.java
@@ -0,0 +1,75 @@
+package datawave.ingest.data.config;
+
+import java.util.EnumMap;
+import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.function.Function;
+
+import org.apache.commons.collections4.map.LRUMap;
+
+import com.google.common.annotations.VisibleForTesting;
+
+public class CachedFieldConfigHelper implements FieldConfigHelper {
+    private final FieldConfigHelper underlyingHelper;
+    private final Map<String,ResultEntry> resultCache;
+
+    enum AttributeType {
+        INDEXED_FIELD, REVERSE_INDEXED_FIELD, TOKENIZED_FIELD, REVERSE_TOKENIZED_FIELD, STORED_FIELD, INDEXED_ONLY
+    }
+
+    public CachedFieldConfigHelper(FieldConfigHelper helper, int limit) {
+        if (limit < 1) {
+            throw new IllegalArgumentException("Limit must be a positive integer");
+        }
+        this.underlyingHelper = helper;
+        this.resultCache = new LRUMap<>(limit);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public boolean isStoredField(String fieldName) {
+        return getOrEvaluate(AttributeType.STORED_FIELD, fieldName, underlyingHelper::isStoredField);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public boolean isIndexedField(String fieldName) {
+        return getOrEvaluate(AttributeType.INDEXED_FIELD, fieldName, underlyingHelper::isIndexedField);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public boolean isIndexOnlyField(String fieldName) {
+        return getOrEvaluate(AttributeType.INDEXED_ONLY, fieldName, underlyingHelper::isIndexOnlyField);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public boolean isReverseIndexedField(String fieldName) {
+        return getOrEvaluate(AttributeType.REVERSE_INDEXED_FIELD, fieldName, underlyingHelper::isReverseIndexedField);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public boolean isTokenizedField(String fieldName) {
+        return getOrEvaluate(AttributeType.TOKENIZED_FIELD, fieldName, underlyingHelper::isTokenizedField);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public boolean isReverseTokenizedField(String fieldName) {
+        return getOrEvaluate(AttributeType.REVERSE_TOKENIZED_FIELD, fieldName, underlyingHelper::isReverseTokenizedField);
+    }
+
+    @VisibleForTesting
+    boolean getOrEvaluate(AttributeType attributeType, String fieldName, Function<String,Boolean> evaluateFn) {
+        return resultCache.computeIfAbsent(fieldName, ResultEntry::new).resolveResult(attributeType, evaluateFn);
+    }
+
+    private static class ResultEntry {
+        private final String fieldName;
+        private final EnumMap<AttributeType,Boolean> resultMap;
+
+        ResultEntry(String fieldName) {
+            this.fieldName = fieldName;
+            this.resultMap = new EnumMap<>(AttributeType.class);
+        }
+
+        boolean resolveResult(AttributeType attributeType, Function<String,Boolean> evaluateFn) {
+            return resultMap.computeIfAbsent(attributeType, (t) -> evaluateFn.apply(fieldName));
+        }
+    }
+}
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 4be57bdf85e..d6c42eba3a3 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;
@@ -137,9 +138,14 @@ 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";
 
     private static final Logger log = ThreadConfigurableLogger.getLogger(BaseIngestHelper.class);
 
+    private static final boolean DEFAULT_FIELD_CACHE_ENABLED = false;
+    private static final int DEFAULT_FIELD_CACHE_LIMIT = 100;
+
     private Multimap<String,datawave.data.type.Type<?>> typeFieldMap = null;
     private Multimap<String,datawave.data.type.Type<?>> typePatternMap = null;
     private TreeMultimap<Matcher,datawave.data.type.Type<?>> typeCompiledPatternMap = null;
@@ -254,10 +260,17 @@ 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) {
+            final boolean fieldConfigCacheEnabled = config.getBoolean(this.getType().typeName() + FIELD_CONFIG_CACHE_ENABLED, DEFAULT_FIELD_CACHE_ENABLED);
+            final int fieldConfigCacheLimit = config.getInt(this.getType().typeName() + FIELD_CONFIG_CACHE_KEY_LIMIT, DEFAULT_FIELD_CACHE_LIMIT);
             if (log.isDebugEnabled()) {
                 log.debug("Field config file " + fieldConfigFile + " specified for: " + this.getType().typeName() + FIELD_CONFIG_FILE);
+                log.debug("Field config cache enabled: " + fieldConfigCacheEnabled);
+                if (fieldConfigCacheEnabled) {
+                    log.debug("Field config cache limit: " + fieldConfigCacheLimit);
+                }
             }
-            this.fieldConfigHelper = XMLFieldConfigHelper.load(fieldConfigFile, this);
+            final FieldConfigHelper baseHelper = XMLFieldConfigHelper.load(fieldConfigFile, this);
+            fieldConfigHelper = fieldConfigCacheEnabled ? new CachedFieldConfigHelper(baseHelper, fieldConfigCacheLimit) : baseHelper;
         }
 
         // Process the indexed fields
diff --git a/warehouse/ingest-core/src/test/java/datawave/ingest/data/config/CachingFieldConfigHelperTest.java b/warehouse/ingest-core/src/test/java/datawave/ingest/data/config/CachingFieldConfigHelperTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..48392823fbc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/warehouse/ingest-core/src/test/java/datawave/ingest/data/config/CachingFieldConfigHelperTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,99 @@
+package datawave.ingest.data.config;
+
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertThrows;
+import static org.mockito.ArgumentMatchers.eq;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.mock;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.verify;
+
+import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicLong;
+import java.util.function.BiConsumer;
+import java.util.function.Function;
+import java.util.stream.Stream;
+
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+import org.junit.jupiter.params.ParameterizedTest;
+import org.junit.jupiter.params.provider.ValueSource;
+
+public class CachingFieldConfigHelperTest {
+    @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
+    @Test
+    public void testCachingBehaviorWillCallBaseMethods() {
+        // @formatter:off
+        Stream.of(new Object[][] {
+            new Object[] {
+                (BiConsumer<FieldConfigHelper, String>) FieldConfigHelper::isIndexOnlyField,
+                    (BiConsumer<FieldConfigHelper, String>) (h, f) -> verify(h).isIndexOnlyField(eq(f)),
+                (BiConsumer<FieldConfigHelper, String>) FieldConfigHelper::isIndexedField,
+                    (BiConsumer<FieldConfigHelper, String>) (h, f) -> verify(h).isIndexedField(eq(f)),
+                (BiConsumer<FieldConfigHelper, String>) FieldConfigHelper::isTokenizedField,
+                    (BiConsumer<FieldConfigHelper, String>) (h, f) -> verify(h).isTokenizedField(eq(f)),
+                (BiConsumer<FieldConfigHelper, String>) FieldConfigHelper::isStoredField,
+                    (BiConsumer<FieldConfigHelper, String>) (h, f) -> verify(h).isStoredField(eq(f)),
+                (BiConsumer<FieldConfigHelper, String>) FieldConfigHelper::isReverseIndexedField,
+                    (BiConsumer<FieldConfigHelper, String>) (h, f) -> verify(h).isReverseIndexedField(eq(f)),
+                (BiConsumer<FieldConfigHelper, String>) FieldConfigHelper::isReverseTokenizedField,
+                    (BiConsumer<FieldConfigHelper, String>) (h, f) -> verify(h).isReverseTokenizedField(eq(f)),
+            }
+        }).forEach(arg -> {
+            // param[0] = helper method
+            // param[1] = validation method
+            String fieldName = "testField";
+            BiConsumer<FieldConfigHelper, String> testAction = (BiConsumer<FieldConfigHelper, String>) arg[0];
+            BiConsumer<FieldConfigHelper, String> verifyAction = (BiConsumer<FieldConfigHelper, String>) arg[1];
+            FieldConfigHelper mockHelper = mock(FieldConfigHelper.class);
+            FieldConfigHelper cachedHelper = new CachedFieldConfigHelper(mockHelper, 1);
+            testAction.accept(cachedHelper, fieldName);
+            verifyAction.accept(mockHelper, fieldName);
+        });
+        // @formatter:on
+    }
+
+    @ParameterizedTest
+    @ValueSource(ints = {-1, 0})
+    public void testConstructorWithNonPositiveLimitWillThrow(int limit) {
+        assertThrows(IllegalArgumentException.class, () -> new CachedFieldConfigHelper(mock(FieldConfigHelper.class), limit));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testCachingLimitsBetweenFieldsAndAttributeTypes() {
+        AtomicLong counter = new AtomicLong();
+        CachedFieldConfigHelper helper = new CachedFieldConfigHelper(mock(FieldConfigHelper.class), 2);
+        Function<String,Boolean> fn = (f) -> {
+            counter.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.getOrEvaluate(CachedFieldConfigHelper.AttributeType.STORED_FIELD, "field1", fn);
+        Assertions.assertEquals(1, counter.get(), "field1 should compute result (new field)");
+
+        helper.getOrEvaluate(CachedFieldConfigHelper.AttributeType.STORED_FIELD, "field1", fn);
+        Assertions.assertEquals(1, counter.get(), "field1 repeated (existing field)");
+
+        helper.getOrEvaluate(CachedFieldConfigHelper.AttributeType.STORED_FIELD, "field2", fn);
+        Assertions.assertEquals(2, counter.get(), "field2 should compute result (new field)");
+
+        helper.getOrEvaluate(CachedFieldConfigHelper.AttributeType.STORED_FIELD, "field2", fn);
+        Assertions.assertEquals(2, counter.get(), "field2 repeated (existing)");
+
+        helper.getOrEvaluate(CachedFieldConfigHelper.AttributeType.INDEXED_FIELD, "field1", fn);
+        Assertions.assertEquals(3, counter.get(), "field1 should compute result (new attribute)");
+
+        helper.getOrEvaluate(CachedFieldConfigHelper.AttributeType.STORED_FIELD, "field3", fn);
+        Assertions.assertEquals(4, counter.get(), "field3 exceeded limit (new field)");
+
+        helper.getOrEvaluate(CachedFieldConfigHelper.AttributeType.STORED_FIELD, "field3", fn);
+        Assertions.assertEquals(4, counter.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.getOrEvaluate(CachedFieldConfigHelper.AttributeType.STORED_FIELD, "field2", fn);
+        Assertions.assertEquals(5, counter.get(), "field1 exceeded limit (new field/eviction)");
+    }
+}