diff --git a/rule-engine/build.gradle b/rule-engine/build.gradle
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+++ b/rule-engine/build.gradle
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright OpenSearch Contributors
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+ */
+
+apply plugin: 'java'
+apply plugin: 'jacoco'
+
+repositories {
+    mavenLocal()
+    mavenCentral()
+    maven { url "https://aws.oss.sonatype.org/content/repositories/snapshots" }
+}
+
+dependencies {
+    implementation rootProject
+    implementation "com.github.seancfoley:ipaddress:5.4.1"
+}
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diff --git a/rule-engine/src/main/java/org/opensearch/securityanalytics/ruleengine/RuleEngine.java b/rule-engine/src/main/java/org/opensearch/securityanalytics/ruleengine/RuleEngine.java
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+++ b/rule-engine/src/main/java/org/opensearch/securityanalytics/ruleengine/RuleEngine.java
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+/*
+ * Copyright OpenSearch Contributors
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+ */
+package org.opensearch.securityanalytics.ruleengine;
+
+public class RuleEngine {
+}
diff --git a/rule-engine/src/main/java/org/opensearch/securityanalytics/ruleengine/evaluator/RuleEvaluator.java b/rule-engine/src/main/java/org/opensearch/securityanalytics/ruleengine/evaluator/RuleEvaluator.java
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index 000000000..e126f0ea1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/rule-engine/src/main/java/org/opensearch/securityanalytics/ruleengine/evaluator/RuleEvaluator.java
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+/*
+ * Copyright OpenSearch Contributors
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+ */
+package org.opensearch.securityanalytics.ruleengine.evaluator;
+
+import org.opensearch.securityanalytics.ruleengine.model.Match;
+
+import java.util.List;
+
+public interface RuleEvaluator<T> {
+    /**
+     * A method to evaluate the rules against a set of incoming data.
+     *
+     * @param data - the data to be evaluated against the rules
+     * @return - A list of Matches for positive rule evaluations against the incoming data
+     */
+    List<Match> evaluate(List<T> data);
+}
diff --git a/rule-engine/src/main/java/org/opensearch/securityanalytics/ruleengine/evaluator/StatelessRuleEvaluator.java b/rule-engine/src/main/java/org/opensearch/securityanalytics/ruleengine/evaluator/StatelessRuleEvaluator.java
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index 000000000..8a3b2d846
--- /dev/null
+++ b/rule-engine/src/main/java/org/opensearch/securityanalytics/ruleengine/evaluator/StatelessRuleEvaluator.java
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright OpenSearch Contributors
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+ */
+package org.opensearch.securityanalytics.ruleengine.evaluator;
+
+import org.opensearch.securityanalytics.ruleengine.model.DataType;
+import org.opensearch.securityanalytics.ruleengine.model.Match;
+
+import java.util.List;
+
+public class StatelessRuleEvaluator implements RuleEvaluator<DataType> {
+    @Override
+    public List<Match> evaluate(final List<DataType> data) {
+        return null;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/rule-engine/src/main/java/org/opensearch/securityanalytics/ruleengine/model/DataType.java b/rule-engine/src/main/java/org/opensearch/securityanalytics/ruleengine/model/DataType.java
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index 000000000..f38204230
--- /dev/null
+++ b/rule-engine/src/main/java/org/opensearch/securityanalytics/ruleengine/model/DataType.java
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright OpenSearch Contributors
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+ */
+package org.opensearch.securityanalytics.ruleengine.model;
+
+import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.Map;
+
+public abstract class DataType {
+    private final Map<String, String> dataTypeMetadata;
+
+    public DataType() {
+        this.dataTypeMetadata = new HashMap<>();
+    }
+
+    public abstract Object getValue(String fieldName);
+    public abstract String getTimeFieldName();
+
+    public void putDataTypeMetadata(final String key, final String value) {
+        dataTypeMetadata.put(key, value);
+    }
+
+    public Map<String, String> getDataTypeMetadata() {
+        return dataTypeMetadata;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/rule-engine/src/main/java/org/opensearch/securityanalytics/ruleengine/model/Match.java b/rule-engine/src/main/java/org/opensearch/securityanalytics/ruleengine/model/Match.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ff6eff2c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/rule-engine/src/main/java/org/opensearch/securityanalytics/ruleengine/model/Match.java
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright OpenSearch Contributors
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+ */
+package org.opensearch.securityanalytics.ruleengine.model;
+
+import org.opensearch.securityanalytics.ruleengine.rules.Rule;
+
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.List;
+
+public class Match {
+    private final DataType datum;
+    private final List<Rule> rules;
+
+    public Match(final DataType datum) {
+        this.datum = datum;
+        this.rules = new ArrayList<>();
+    }
+
+    public void addRule(final Rule rule) {
+        rules.add(rule);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/rule-engine/src/main/java/org/opensearch/securityanalytics/ruleengine/parser/RuleParser.java b/rule-engine/src/main/java/org/opensearch/securityanalytics/ruleengine/parser/RuleParser.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3cde5a739
--- /dev/null
+++ b/rule-engine/src/main/java/org/opensearch/securityanalytics/ruleengine/parser/RuleParser.java
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright OpenSearch Contributors
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+ */
+package org.opensearch.securityanalytics.ruleengine.parser;
+
+import org.opensearch.securityanalytics.ruleengine.provider.RuleData;
+import org.opensearch.securityanalytics.ruleengine.rules.ParsedRules;
+
+public interface RuleParser {
+    /**
+     * A method to parse the information of a RuleData object into the internal representation of a rule used for evaluation.
+     *
+     * @param ruleData - the information representing one or more rules to be parsed
+     * @return - A ParsedRules object containing the internal representation of the rules that were parsed
+     */
+    ParsedRules parseRules(RuleData ruleData);
+}
diff --git a/rule-engine/src/main/java/org/opensearch/securityanalytics/ruleengine/provider/RuleData.java b/rule-engine/src/main/java/org/opensearch/securityanalytics/ruleengine/provider/RuleData.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4d98add9d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/rule-engine/src/main/java/org/opensearch/securityanalytics/ruleengine/provider/RuleData.java
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright OpenSearch Contributors
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+ */
+package org.opensearch.securityanalytics.ruleengine.provider;
+
+import org.opensearch.securityanalytics.ruleengine.model.DataType;
+
+import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.function.Predicate;
+
+public class RuleData {
+    private final String ruleAsString;
+    private final Predicate<DataType> evaluationCondition;
+    private final Map<String, String> metadata;
+
+    public RuleData(final String ruleAsString, final Predicate<DataType> evaluationCondition, final Map<String, String> metadata) {
+        this.ruleAsString = ruleAsString;
+        this.evaluationCondition = evaluationCondition;
+        this.metadata = metadata;
+    }
+
+    public String getRuleAsString() {
+        return ruleAsString;
+    }
+
+    public Predicate<DataType> getEvaluationCondition() {
+        return evaluationCondition;
+    }
+
+    public Map<String, String> getMetadata() {
+        return metadata;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/rule-engine/src/main/java/org/opensearch/securityanalytics/ruleengine/provider/RuleProvider.java b/rule-engine/src/main/java/org/opensearch/securityanalytics/ruleengine/provider/RuleProvider.java
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index 000000000..fa5f60788
--- /dev/null
+++ b/rule-engine/src/main/java/org/opensearch/securityanalytics/ruleengine/provider/RuleProvider.java
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright OpenSearch Contributors
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+ */
+package org.opensearch.securityanalytics.ruleengine.provider;
+
+import java.util.List;
+
+public interface RuleProvider {
+    /**
+     * A method to fetch RuleData from an external source
+     *
+     * @return - A list of RuleData used to parse the rules into the internal representation used for evaluation
+     */
+    List<RuleData> getRuleData();
+}
diff --git a/rule-engine/src/main/java/org/opensearch/securityanalytics/ruleengine/rules/ParsedRules.java b/rule-engine/src/main/java/org/opensearch/securityanalytics/ruleengine/rules/ParsedRules.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c71b7862b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/rule-engine/src/main/java/org/opensearch/securityanalytics/ruleengine/rules/ParsedRules.java
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright OpenSearch Contributors
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+ */
+package org.opensearch.securityanalytics.ruleengine.rules;
+
+import java.util.List;
+
+public class ParsedRules {
+    private final List<StatelessRule> statelessRules;
+    private final List<StatefulRule> statefulRules;
+
+    public ParsedRules(final List<StatelessRule> statelessRules, final List<StatefulRule> statefulRules) {
+        this.statelessRules = statelessRules;
+        this.statefulRules = statefulRules;
+    }
+
+    public List<StatelessRule> getStatelessRules() {
+        return statelessRules;
+    }
+
+    public List<StatefulRule> getStatefulRules() {
+        return statefulRules;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/rule-engine/src/main/java/org/opensearch/securityanalytics/ruleengine/rules/Rule.java b/rule-engine/src/main/java/org/opensearch/securityanalytics/ruleengine/rules/Rule.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6f7cbe5fe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/rule-engine/src/main/java/org/opensearch/securityanalytics/ruleengine/rules/Rule.java
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright OpenSearch Contributors
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+ */
+package org.opensearch.securityanalytics.ruleengine.rules;
+
+import java.util.function.Predicate;
+
+public abstract class Rule<T, U> {
+    private final String id;
+    private final Predicate<T> evaluationCondition;
+    private final Predicate<U> ruleCondition;
+
+    public Rule(final String id, final Predicate<T> evaluationCondition, final Predicate<U> ruleCondition) {
+        this.id = id;
+        this.evaluationCondition = evaluationCondition;
+        this.ruleCondition = ruleCondition;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/rule-engine/src/main/java/org/opensearch/securityanalytics/ruleengine/rules/StatefulRule.java b/rule-engine/src/main/java/org/opensearch/securityanalytics/ruleengine/rules/StatefulRule.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7ae1c6302
--- /dev/null
+++ b/rule-engine/src/main/java/org/opensearch/securityanalytics/ruleengine/rules/StatefulRule.java
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright OpenSearch Contributors
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+ */
+package org.opensearch.securityanalytics.ruleengine.rules;
+
+import org.opensearch.securityanalytics.ruleengine.model.Match;
+
+import java.time.Duration;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.function.Predicate;
+
+public class StatefulRule extends Rule<Match, List<Match>> {
+    private final Duration timeframe;
+    private final List<String> filterFields;
+
+    public StatefulRule(final String id, final Predicate<Match> evaluationCondition,
+                        final Predicate<List<Match>> ruleCondition, final Duration timeframe,
+                        final List<String> filterFields) {
+        super(id, evaluationCondition, ruleCondition);
+        this.timeframe = timeframe;
+        this.filterFields = filterFields;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/rule-engine/src/main/java/org/opensearch/securityanalytics/ruleengine/rules/StatelessRule.java b/rule-engine/src/main/java/org/opensearch/securityanalytics/ruleengine/rules/StatelessRule.java
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index 000000000..492933459
--- /dev/null
+++ b/rule-engine/src/main/java/org/opensearch/securityanalytics/ruleengine/rules/StatelessRule.java
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright OpenSearch Contributors
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+ */
+package org.opensearch.securityanalytics.ruleengine.rules;
+
+import org.opensearch.securityanalytics.ruleengine.model.DataType;
+
+import java.util.function.Predicate;
+
+public class StatelessRule extends Rule<DataType, DataType> {
+    private final boolean isStatefulCondition;
+
+    public StatelessRule(final String id, final Predicate<DataType> evaluationCondition,
+                         final Predicate<DataType> ruleCondition, final boolean isStatefulCondition) {
+        super(id, evaluationCondition, ruleCondition);
+        this.isStatefulCondition = isStatefulCondition;
+    }
+}