diff --git a/api/src/adapters/search/opensearch_client.py b/api/src/adapters/search/opensearch_client.py
index cb97a9c8c..24d3bdb1d 100644
--- a/api/src/adapters/search/opensearch_client.py
+++ b/api/src/adapters/search/opensearch_client.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import logging
-from typing import Any, Sequence
+from typing import Any, Generator, Iterable
 
 import opensearchpy
 
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ def delete_index(self, index_name: str) -> None:
     def bulk_upsert(
         self,
         index_name: str,
-        records: Sequence[dict[str, Any]],
+        records: Iterable[dict[str, Any]],
         primary_key_field: str,
         *,
         refresh: bool = True
@@ -103,10 +103,51 @@ def bulk_upsert(
         logger.info(
             "Upserting records to %s",
             index_name,
-            extra={"index_name": index_name, "record_count": int(len(bulk_operations) / 2)},
+            extra={
+                "index_name": index_name,
+                "record_count": int(len(bulk_operations) / 2),
+                "operation": "update",
+            },
         )
         self._client.bulk(index=index_name, body=bulk_operations, refresh=refresh)
 
+    def bulk_delete(self, index_name: str, ids: Iterable[Any], *, refresh: bool = True) -> None:
+        """
+        Bulk delete records from an index
+
+        See: https://opensearch.org/docs/latest/api-reference/document-apis/bulk/ for details.
+        In this method, we delete records based on the IDs passed in.
+        """
+        bulk_operations = []
+
+        for _id in ids:
+            # { "delete": { "_id": "tt2229499" } }
+            bulk_operations.append({"delete": {"_id": _id}})
+
+        logger.info(
+            "Deleting records from %s",
+            index_name,
+            extra={
+                "index_name": index_name,
+                "record_count": len(bulk_operations),
+                "operation": "delete",
+            },
+        )
+        self._client.bulk(index=index_name, body=bulk_operations, refresh=refresh)
+
+    def index_exists(self, index_name: str) -> bool:
+        """
+        Check if an index OR alias exists by a given name
+        """
+        return self._client.indices.exists(index_name)
+
+    def alias_exists(self, alias_name: str) -> bool:
+        """
+        Check if an alias exists
+        """
+        existing_index_mapping = self._client.cat.aliases(alias_name, format="json")
+        return len(existing_index_mapping) > 0
+
     def swap_alias_index(
         self, index_name: str, alias_name: str, *, delete_prior_indexes: bool = False
     ) -> None:
@@ -144,11 +185,71 @@ def search_raw(self, index_name: str, search_query: dict) -> dict:
         return self._client.search(index=index_name, body=search_query)
 
     def search(
-        self, index_name: str, search_query: dict, include_scores: bool = True
+        self,
+        index_name: str,
+        search_query: dict,
+        include_scores: bool = True,
+        params: dict | None = None,
     ) -> SearchResponse:
-        response = self._client.search(index=index_name, body=search_query)
+        if params is None:
+            params = {}
+
+        response = self._client.search(index=index_name, body=search_query, params=params)
         return SearchResponse.from_opensearch_response(response, include_scores)
 
+    def scroll(
+        self,
+        index_name: str,
+        search_query: dict,
+        include_scores: bool = True,
+        duration: str = "10m",
+    ) -> Generator[SearchResponse, None, None]:
+        """
+        Scroll (iterate) over a large result set a given search query.
+
+        This query uses additional resources to keep the response open, but
+        keeps a consistent set of results and is useful for backend processes
+        that need to fetch a large amount of search data. After processing the results,
+        the scroll lock is closed for you.
+
+        This method is setup as a generator method and the results can be iterated over::
+
+            for response in search_client.scroll("my_index", {"size": 10000}):
+                for record in response.records:
+                    process_record(record)
+
+
+        See: https://opensearch.org/docs/latest/api-reference/scroll/
+        """
+
+        # start scroll
+        response = self.search(
+            index_name=index_name,
+            search_query=search_query,
+            include_scores=include_scores,
+            params={"scroll": duration},
+        )
+        scroll_id = response.scroll_id
+
+        yield response
+
+        # iterate
+        while True:
+            raw_response = self._client.scroll({"scroll_id": scroll_id, "scroll": duration})
+            response = SearchResponse.from_opensearch_response(raw_response, include_scores)
+
+            # The scroll ID can change between queries according to the docs, so we
+            # keep updating the value while iterating in case they change.
+            scroll_id = response.scroll_id
+
+            if len(response.records) == 0:
+                break
+
+            yield response
+
+        # close scroll
+        self._client.clear_scroll(scroll_id=scroll_id)
+
 
 def _get_connection_parameters(opensearch_config: OpensearchConfig) -> dict[str, Any]:
     # TODO - we'll want to add the AWS connection params here when we set that up
diff --git a/api/src/adapters/search/opensearch_response.py b/api/src/adapters/search/opensearch_response.py
index c8bb16cb6..a54c6ecc7 100644
--- a/api/src/adapters/search/opensearch_response.py
+++ b/api/src/adapters/search/opensearch_response.py
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@ class SearchResponse:
 
     aggregations: dict[str, dict[str, int]]
 
+    scroll_id: str | None
+
     @classmethod
     def from_opensearch_response(
         cls, raw_json: dict[str, typing.Any], include_scores: bool = True
@@ -40,6 +42,8 @@ def from_opensearch_response(
             ]
         }
         """
+        scroll_id = raw_json.get("_scroll_id", None)
+
         hits = raw_json.get("hits", {})
         hits_total = hits.get("total", {})
         total_records = hits_total.get("value", 0)
@@ -59,7 +63,7 @@ def from_opensearch_response(
         raw_aggs: dict[str, dict[str, typing.Any]] = raw_json.get("aggregations", {})
         aggregations = _parse_aggregations(raw_aggs)
 
-        return cls(total_records, records, aggregations)
+        return cls(total_records, records, aggregations, scroll_id)
 
 
 def _parse_aggregations(
diff --git a/api/src/search/backend/load_opportunities_to_index.py b/api/src/search/backend/load_opportunities_to_index.py
index 630ecf616..dcf778037 100644
--- a/api/src/search/backend/load_opportunities_to_index.py
+++ b/api/src/search/backend/load_opportunities_to_index.py
@@ -38,21 +38,52 @@ def __init__(
         self,
         db_session: db.Session,
         search_client: search.SearchClient,
+        is_full_refresh: bool = True,
         config: LoadOpportunitiesToIndexConfig | None = None,
     ) -> None:
         super().__init__(db_session)
 
         self.search_client = search_client
+        self.is_full_refresh = is_full_refresh
 
         if config is None:
             config = LoadOpportunitiesToIndexConfig()
         self.config = config
 
-        current_timestamp = get_now_us_eastern_datetime().strftime("%Y-%m-%d_%H-%M-%S")
-        self.index_name = f"{self.config.index_prefix}-{current_timestamp}"
+        if is_full_refresh:
+            current_timestamp = get_now_us_eastern_datetime().strftime("%Y-%m-%d_%H-%M-%S")
+            self.index_name = f"{self.config.index_prefix}-{current_timestamp}"
+        else:
+            self.index_name = self.config.alias_name
         self.set_metrics({"index_name": self.index_name})
 
     def run_task(self) -> None:
+        if self.is_full_refresh:
+            logger.info("Running full refresh")
+            self.full_refresh()
+        else:
+            logger.info("Running incremental load")
+            self.incremental_updates_and_deletes()
+
+    def incremental_updates_and_deletes(self) -> None:
+        existing_opportunity_ids = self.fetch_existing_opportunity_ids_in_index()
+
+        # load the records incrementally
+        # TODO - The point of this incremental load is to support upcoming work
+        #        to load only opportunities that have changes as we'll eventually be indexing
+        #        files which will take longer. However - the structure of the data isn't yet
+        #        known so I want to hold on actually setting up any change-detection logic
+        loaded_opportunity_ids = set()
+        for opp_batch in self.fetch_opportunities():
+            loaded_opportunity_ids.update(self.load_records(opp_batch))
+
+        # Delete
+        opportunity_ids_to_delete = existing_opportunity_ids - loaded_opportunity_ids
+
+        if len(opportunity_ids_to_delete) > 0:
+            self.search_client.bulk_delete(self.index_name, opportunity_ids_to_delete)
+
+    def full_refresh(self) -> None:
         # create the index
         self.search_client.create_index(
             self.index_name,
@@ -93,11 +124,32 @@ def fetch_opportunities(self) -> Iterator[Sequence[Opportunity]]:
             .partitions()
         )
 
-    def load_records(self, records: Sequence[Opportunity]) -> None:
+    def fetch_existing_opportunity_ids_in_index(self) -> set[int]:
+        if not self.search_client.alias_exists(self.index_name):
+            raise RuntimeError(
+                "Alias %s does not exist, please run the full refresh job before the incremental job"
+                % self.index_name
+            )
+
+        opportunity_ids: set[int] = set()
+
+        for response in self.search_client.scroll(
+            self.config.alias_name,
+            {"size": 10000, "_source": ["opportunity_id"]},
+            include_scores=False,
+        ):
+            for record in response.records:
+                opportunity_ids.add(record["opportunity_id"])
+
+        return opportunity_ids
+
+    def load_records(self, records: Sequence[Opportunity]) -> set[int]:
         logger.info("Loading batch of opportunities...")
         schema = OpportunityV1Schema()
         json_records = []
 
+        loaded_opportunity_ids = set()
+
         for record in records:
             logger.info(
                 "Preparing opportunity for upload to search index",
@@ -109,4 +161,8 @@ def load_records(self, records: Sequence[Opportunity]) -> None:
             json_records.append(schema.dump(record))
             self.increment(self.Metrics.RECORDS_LOADED)
 
+            loaded_opportunity_ids.add(record.opportunity_id)
+
         self.search_client.bulk_upsert(self.index_name, json_records, "opportunity_id")
+
+        return loaded_opportunity_ids
diff --git a/api/src/search/backend/load_search_data.py b/api/src/search/backend/load_search_data.py
index cf6f0445f..5b82e5a6d 100644
--- a/api/src/search/backend/load_search_data.py
+++ b/api/src/search/backend/load_search_data.py
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+import click
+
 import src.adapters.db as db
 import src.adapters.search as search
 from src.adapters.db import flask_db
@@ -8,8 +10,13 @@
 @load_search_data_blueprint.cli.command(
     "load-opportunity-data", help="Load opportunity data from our database to the search index"
 )
+@click.option(
+    "--full-refresh/--incremental",
+    default=True,
+    help="Whether to run a full refresh, or only incrementally update oppportunities",
+)
 @flask_db.with_db_session()
-def load_opportunity_data(db_session: db.Session) -> None:
+def load_opportunity_data(db_session: db.Session, full_refresh: bool) -> None:
     search_client = search.SearchClient()
 
-    LoadOpportunitiesToIndex(db_session, search_client).run()
+    LoadOpportunitiesToIndex(db_session, search_client, full_refresh).run()
diff --git a/api/tests/src/adapters/search/test_opensearch_client.py b/api/tests/src/adapters/search/test_opensearch_client.py
index 916c6effd..8de2c2cc9 100644
--- a/api/tests/src/adapters/search/test_opensearch_client.py
+++ b/api/tests/src/adapters/search/test_opensearch_client.py
@@ -65,6 +65,25 @@ def test_bulk_upsert(search_client, generic_index):
         assert search_client._client.get(generic_index, record["id"])["_source"] == record
 
 
+def test_bulk_delete(search_client, generic_index):
+    records = [
+        {"id": 1, "title": "Green Eggs & Ham", "notes": "why are the eggs green?"},
+        {"id": 2, "title": "The Cat in the Hat", "notes": "silly cat wears a hat"},
+        {"id": 3, "title": "One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish", "notes": "fish"},
+    ]
+
+    search_client.bulk_upsert(generic_index, records, primary_key_field="id")
+
+    search_client.bulk_delete(generic_index, [1])
+
+    resp = search_client.search(generic_index, {}, include_scores=False)
+    assert resp.records == records[1:]
+
+    search_client.bulk_delete(generic_index, [2, 3])
+    resp = search_client.search(generic_index, {}, include_scores=False)
+    assert resp.records == []
+
+
 def test_swap_alias_index(search_client, generic_index):
     alias_name = f"tmp-alias-{uuid.uuid4().int}"
 
@@ -101,3 +120,76 @@ def test_swap_alias_index(search_client, generic_index):
 
     # Verify the tmp one was deleted
     assert search_client._client.indices.exists(tmp_index) is False
+
+
+def test_index_or_alias_exists(search_client, generic_index):
+    # Create a few aliased indexes
+    index_a = f"test-index-a-{uuid.uuid4().int}"
+    index_b = f"test-index-b-{uuid.uuid4().int}"
+    index_c = f"test-index-c-{uuid.uuid4().int}"
+
+    search_client.create_index(index_a)
+    search_client.create_index(index_b)
+    search_client.create_index(index_c)
+
+    alias_index_a = f"test-alias-a-{uuid.uuid4().int}"
+    alias_index_b = f"test-alias-b-{uuid.uuid4().int}"
+    alias_index_c = f"test-alias-c-{uuid.uuid4().int}"
+
+    search_client.swap_alias_index(index_a, alias_index_a)
+    search_client.swap_alias_index(index_b, alias_index_b)
+    search_client.swap_alias_index(index_c, alias_index_c)
+
+    # Checking the indexes directly - we expect the index method to return true
+    # and the alias method to not
+    assert search_client.index_exists(index_a) is True
+    assert search_client.index_exists(index_b) is True
+    assert search_client.index_exists(index_c) is True
+
+    assert search_client.alias_exists(index_a) is False
+    assert search_client.alias_exists(index_b) is False
+    assert search_client.alias_exists(index_c) is False
+
+    # We just created these aliases, they should exist
+    assert search_client.index_exists(alias_index_a) is True
+    assert search_client.index_exists(alias_index_b) is True
+    assert search_client.index_exists(alias_index_c) is True
+
+    assert search_client.alias_exists(alias_index_a) is True
+    assert search_client.alias_exists(alias_index_b) is True
+    assert search_client.alias_exists(alias_index_c) is True
+
+    # Other random things won't be found for either case
+    assert search_client.index_exists("test-index-a") is False
+    assert search_client.index_exists("asdasdasd") is False
+    assert search_client.index_exists(alias_index_a + "-other") is False
+
+    assert search_client.alias_exists("test-index-a") is False
+    assert search_client.alias_exists("asdasdasd") is False
+    assert search_client.alias_exists(alias_index_a + "-other") is False
+
+
+def test_scroll(search_client, generic_index):
+    records = [
+        {"id": 1, "title": "Green Eggs & Ham", "notes": "why are the eggs green?"},
+        {"id": 2, "title": "The Cat in the Hat", "notes": "silly cat wears a hat"},
+        {"id": 3, "title": "One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish", "notes": "fish"},
+        {"id": 4, "title": "Fox in Socks", "notes": "why he wearing socks?"},
+        {"id": 5, "title": "The Lorax", "notes": "trees"},
+        {"id": 6, "title": "Oh, the Places You'll Go", "notes": "graduation gift"},
+        {"id": 7, "title": "Hop on Pop", "notes": "Let him sleep"},
+        {"id": 8, "title": "How the Grinch Stole Christmas", "notes": "who"},
+    ]
+
+    search_client.bulk_upsert(generic_index, records, primary_key_field="id")
+
+    results = []
+
+    for response in search_client.scroll(generic_index, {"size": 3}):
+        assert response.total_records == 8
+        results.append(response)
+
+    assert len(results) == 3
+    assert len(results[0].records) == 3
+    assert len(results[1].records) == 3
+    assert len(results[2].records) == 2
diff --git a/api/tests/src/search/backend/test_load_opportunities_to_index.py b/api/tests/src/search/backend/test_load_opportunities_to_index.py
index e939f569f..9a3961f2b 100644
--- a/api/tests/src/search/backend/test_load_opportunities_to_index.py
+++ b/api/tests/src/search/backend/test_load_opportunities_to_index.py
@@ -4,17 +4,18 @@
     LoadOpportunitiesToIndex,
     LoadOpportunitiesToIndexConfig,
 )
+from src.util.datetime_util import get_now_us_eastern_datetime
 from tests.conftest import BaseTestClass
 from tests.src.db.models.factories import OpportunityFactory
 
 
-class TestLoadOpportunitiesToIndex(BaseTestClass):
+class TestLoadOpportunitiesToIndexFullRefresh(BaseTestClass):
     @pytest.fixture(scope="class")
     def load_opportunities_to_index(self, db_session, search_client, opportunity_index_alias):
         config = LoadOpportunitiesToIndexConfig(
             alias_name=opportunity_index_alias, index_prefix="test-load-opps"
         )
-        return LoadOpportunitiesToIndex(db_session, search_client, config)
+        return LoadOpportunitiesToIndex(db_session, search_client, True, config)
 
     def test_load_opportunities_to_index(
         self,
@@ -83,3 +84,70 @@ def test_load_opportunities_to_index(
         assert set([opp.opportunity_id for opp in opportunities]) == set(
             [record["opportunity_id"] for record in resp.records]
         )
+
+
+class TestLoadOpportunitiesToIndexPartialRefresh(BaseTestClass):
+    @pytest.fixture(scope="class")
+    def load_opportunities_to_index(self, db_session, search_client, opportunity_index_alias):
+        config = LoadOpportunitiesToIndexConfig(
+            alias_name=opportunity_index_alias, index_prefix="test-load-opps"
+        )
+        return LoadOpportunitiesToIndex(db_session, search_client, False, config)
+
+    def test_load_opportunities_to_index(
+        self,
+        truncate_opportunities,
+        enable_factory_create,
+        db_session,
+        search_client,
+        opportunity_index_alias,
+        load_opportunities_to_index,
+    ):
+        index_name = "partial-refresh-index-" + get_now_us_eastern_datetime().strftime(
+            "%Y-%m-%d_%H-%M-%S"
+        )
+        search_client.create_index(index_name)
+        search_client.swap_alias_index(
+            index_name, load_opportunities_to_index.config.alias_name, delete_prior_indexes=True
+        )
+
+        # Load a bunch of records into the DB
+        opportunities = []
+        opportunities.extend(OpportunityFactory.create_batch(size=6, is_posted_summary=True))
+        opportunities.extend(OpportunityFactory.create_batch(size=3, is_forecasted_summary=True))
+        opportunities.extend(OpportunityFactory.create_batch(size=2, is_closed_summary=True))
+        opportunities.extend(
+            OpportunityFactory.create_batch(size=8, is_archived_non_forecast_summary=True)
+        )
+        opportunities.extend(
+            OpportunityFactory.create_batch(size=6, is_archived_forecast_summary=True)
+        )
+
+        load_opportunities_to_index.run()
+
+        resp = search_client.search(opportunity_index_alias, {"size": 100})
+        assert resp.total_records == len(opportunities)
+
+        # Add a few more opportunities that will be created
+        opportunities.extend(OpportunityFactory.create_batch(size=3, is_posted_summary=True))
+
+        # Delete some opportunities
+        opportunities_to_delete = [opportunities.pop(), opportunities.pop(), opportunities.pop()]
+        for opportunity in opportunities_to_delete:
+            db_session.delete(opportunity)
+
+        load_opportunities_to_index.run()
+
+        resp = search_client.search(opportunity_index_alias, {"size": 100})
+        assert resp.total_records == len(opportunities)
+
+    def test_load_opportunities_to_index_index_does_not_exist(self, db_session, search_client):
+        config = LoadOpportunitiesToIndexConfig(
+            alias_name="fake-index-that-will-not-exist", index_prefix="test-load-opps"
+        )
+        load_opportunities_to_index = LoadOpportunitiesToIndex(
+            db_session, search_client, False, config
+        )
+
+        with pytest.raises(RuntimeError, match="please run the full refresh job"):
+            load_opportunities_to_index.run()