Contract Business Analyst - Documentation Recovery
Abacus Service Corporation· Oct 5, 2026 · 23d ago
Spartanburg, SC
In office
Contract · 12 months
Mid
$99K–$140K est.
Job description
Position Information
Position Type
Staff Augmentation
Hours/Week
40
Billing Type
Hourly
Shift
Day
Projected Start Date
10/26/2026
Start Time
8:00 AM
Projected End Date/Duration
12 Months from projected start date
End Time
5:00 PM
Bid Limit Per Vendor
2
Number of Positions
1
Desired Career Level
Experienced Non-manager
Minimum Education Level
Bachelor's Degree
Weekend
None
Position Location
Address
366 N Church Street
City
Spartanburg
State
South Carolina
Zip
29303
Country
UNITED STATES
Requirements
Travel Required
No
Security Required
Yes
Onboarding Category
The following are required for bid submission:
• Resume
• R2R
• Cover Letter
• Meets Work Location
Position Description
Please ensure you attach the SC Cover Sheet (attached), a valid Right to Represent, and the candidate's resume with full legal first name, and last name. Posting attachments should be named as AttachmentName_PostingID_LastName_FirstName. Ex: Resume_1234_Last_First, RTR_1234_Last_First, Coversheet_1234_Last_First
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The State of South Carolina is looking for a Business Analyst - Advanced
Why is this position open: New Position - New contract role supporting the County's Cybersecurity Program and Documentation Recovery initiative. This is a repost of posting ID 13414 - do not submit any resources that were previously submitted to posting ID 13414.
Will close to submissions on 10/13 at 5:00PM EST.
Interview Process: Resume and work-product/portfolio review followed by one panel interview with IT leadership and key subject-matter experts. Candidates should provide sanitized examples of prior business-analysis deliverables such as process maps, workflow diagrams, requirements documents, current-state assessments, inventories, matrices, or comparable artifacts.
Duration of the Contract: 12 months
Possibility for Extension: Yes
Work Location: Fully Onsite - light travel to County offices and facilities throughout Spartanburg County.
Candidate Location: Candidate MUST be a SC resident or willing to commute or relocate to SC prior to starting the role at their own expense.
Full job description attached & required/preferred skills are stated below.
COMPANY / DEPARTMENT CULTURE (why do you enjoy working for the company - selling points for potential candidates):
Spartanburg County Information Technologies is building a unified, service-oriented technology organization focused on reliability, cybersecurity, collaboration, and excellent public service.
This engagement offers the opportunity to work directly with IT leaders and subject-matter experts, help establish durable standards and documentation practices, and produce work that will materially improve the County's operational resilience and ability to serve employees and citizens.
WHY IS THIS POSITION OPEN (new role, increased workload, new dept, resignation, promotion)?
New contract role supporting the County's Cybersecurity Program and Documentation Recovery initiative.
The position is being added to address documentation gaps, reduce reliance on institutional knowledge, improve operational resilience, and establish repeatable, maintainable documentation.
Initial term is 12 months, full-time (approximately 40 hours per week), with possible extension.
SCOPE OF THE PROJECT:
The Business Analyst will serve as the discovery and analysis lead for the Documentation Recovery initiative. Working across Information Technologies and with key County stakeholders, the BA will inventory and assess existing documentation, interview subject-matter experts, document current-state processes and technology dependencies, identify documentation and process gaps, and organize findings into structured inputs for the Technical Writer and IT leadership.
The work will support cybersecurity, operational continuity, knowledge transfer, disaster recovery, and long-term documentation governance.
DAILY DUTIES / RESPONSIBILITIES:
Lead discovery sessions, interviews, and workshops with IT teams and County stakeholders.
Inventory existing technical, operational, security, system, application, infrastructure, and recovery documentation.
Analyze and document current-state business and IT processes, workflows, roles, dependencies, handoffs, and pain points.
Create process maps, workflow diagrams, data/process flows, inventories, matrices, and other analysis artifacts using Microsoft Visio and Microsoft 365.
Identify documentation gaps, single points of knowledge, process risks, inconsistencies, and opportunities for standardization.
Gather, organize, validate, and prioritize requirements for SOPs, runbooks, knowledge articles, system documentation, and recovery documentation.
Translate SME knowledge into clear, structured source material and collaborate closely with the Technical Writer.
Facilitate review and validation sessions to ensure documented processes accurately reflect County operations.
Maintain a documentation backlog, status tracking, priorities, ownership, and dependencies.
Support development of documentation standards, templates, governance, ownership, review cycles, and repository organization.
REQUIRED SKILLS (RANK IN ORDER OF IMPORTANCE):
1. 10+ years of demonstrated business analysis experience in complex IT or technology environments.
2. Strong requirements elicitation, interviewing, facilitation, and stakeholder-management skills.
3. Advanced proficiency with Microsoft 365, including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Teams, SharePoint, and related collaboration tools.
4. Strong proficiency with Microsoft Visio for process mapping, workflow documentation, and technical/business diagrams.
7. Experience working with technical SMEs across infrastructure, applications, service delivery, cybersecurity, or similar IT disciplines.
PREFERRED SKILLS (RANK IN ORDER OF IMPORTANCE):
1. Experience with documentation recovery, IT operational maturity, knowledge-management, or process-standardization initiatives.
2. Experience documenting cybersecurity, infrastructure, disaster recovery, business continuity, or IT service-management processes.
3. Experience with SharePoint-based documentation repositories and governance.
4. Familiarity with ITIL, NIST, CIS, or other recognized IT/security frameworks.
5. Government or other highly regulated environment experience.
REQUIRED EDUCATION/CERTIFICATIONS:
Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Information Systems, Business, or a related field, OR equivalent relevant professional experience. Demonstrated experience and quality of prior work are more important than a specific certification.
PREFERRED EDUCATION/CERTIFICATIONS:
CBAP, CCBA, PMI-PBA, PMP, ITIL Foundation, or comparable professional certification. Certifications are preferred but will not substitute for demonstrated experience and strong work products.
INTERVIEW PROCESS:
Resume and work-product/portfolio review followed by one panel interview with IT leadership and key subject-matter experts.
Candidates should provide sanitized examples of prior business-analysis deliverables such as process maps, workflow diagrams, requirements documents, current-state assessments, inventories, matrices, or comparable artifacts.
Portfolio quality and the candidate's ability to explain how the work was developed will be important selection factors.
ADDTIIONAL SKILLS & DUTIES:
-Ability to analyze undocumented or inconsistently documented processes and convert institutional knowledge into structured artifacts.
-Excellent written, verbal, organizational, and analytical skills.
-Ability to manage multiple workstreams, priorities, dependencies, and deliverables with limited supervision.
Required Skills
Skill Type
Skill Name
Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Information Systems, Business, or a related field, OR equivalent relevant professional experience.
10+ years of demonstrated business analysis experience in complex IT or technology environments
Strong requirements elicitation, interviewing, facilitation, and stakeholder-management skills
Advanced proficiency with Microsoft 365, including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Teams, SharePoint, and related collaboration tools.
Strong proficiency with Microsoft Visio for process mapping, workflow documentation, and technical/business diagrams.
Experience working with technical SMEs across infrastructure, applications, service delivery, cybersecurity, or similar IT disciplines.
Preferred Skills
Skill Type
Skill Name
CBAP, CCBA, PMI-PBA, PMP, ITIL Foundation, or comparable professional certification.
Experience with documentation recovery, IT operational maturity, knowledge-management, or process-standardization initiatives.
Experience documenting cybersecurity, infrastructure, disaster recovery, business continuity, or IT service-management processes.
Experience with SharePoint-based documentation repositories and governance.
Familiarity with ITIL, NIST, CIS, or other recognized IT/security frameworks.
Government or other highly regulated environment experience.
Attachment:
Statement of Work (SOW) for Contingent Labor Request
POSITION TITLE:
Contract Business Analyst - Documentation Recovery
PRIMARY WORK LOCATION:
Spartanburg County Administration Building, Spartanburg, SC. 100% on-site, with light travel to County offices and facilities throughout Spartanburg County.
# OF OPENINGS:
1
COMPANY / DEPARTMENT CULTURE (why do you enjoy working for the company - selling points for potential candidates):
Spartanburg County Information Technologies is building a unified, service-oriented technology organization focused on reliability, cybersecurity, collaboration, and excellent public service. This engagement offers the opportunity to work directly with IT leaders and subject-matter experts, help establish durable standards and documentation practices, and produce work that will materially improve the County's operational resilience and ability to serve employees and citizens.
WHY IS THIS POSITION OPEN (new role, increased workload, new dept, resignation, promotion)?
New contract role supporting the County's Cybersecurity Program and Documentation Recovery initiative. The position is being added to address documentation gaps, reduce reliance on institutional knowledge, improve operational resilience, and establish repeatable, maintainable documentation. Initial term is 12 months, full-time (approximately 40 hours per week), with possible extension.
SCOPE OF THE PROJECT:
The Business Analyst will serve as the discovery and analysis lead for the Documentation Recovery initiative. Working across Information Technologies and with key County stakeholders, the BA will inventory and assess existing documentation, interview subject-matter experts, document current-state processes and technology dependencies, identify documentation and process gaps, and organize findings into structured inputs for the Technical Writer and IT leadership. The work will support cybersecurity, operational continuity, knowledge transfer, disaster recovery, and long-term documentation governance.
DAILY DUTIES / RESPONSIBILITIES:
Lead discovery sessions, interviews, and workshops with IT teams and County stakeholders.
Inventory existing technical, operational, security, system, application, infrastructure, and recovery documentation.
Analyze and document current-state business and IT processes, workflows, roles, dependencies, handoffs, and pain points.
Create process maps, workflow diagrams, data/process flows, inventories, matrices, and other analysis artifacts using Microsoft Visio and Microsoft 365.
Identify documentation gaps, single points of knowledge, process risks, inconsistencies, and opportunities for standardization.
Gather, organize, validate, and prioritize requirements for SOPs, runbooks, knowledge articles, system documentation, and recovery documentation.
Translate SME knowledge into clear, structured source material and collaborate closely with the Technical Writer.
Facilitate review and validation sessions to ensure documented processes accurately reflect County operations.
Maintain a documentation backlog, status tracking, priorities, ownership, and dependencies.
Support development of documentation standards, templates, governance, ownership, review cycles, and repository organization.
REQUIRED SKILLS (RANK IN ORDER OF IMPORTANCE):
1. 10+ years of demonstrated business analysis experience in complex IT or technology environments.
2. Strong requirements elicitation, interviewing, facilitation, and stakeholder-management skills.
3. Advanced proficiency with Microsoft 365, including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Teams, SharePoint, and related collaboration tools.
4. Strong proficiency with Microsoft Visio for process mapping, workflow documentation, and technical/business diagrams.
7. Experience working with technical SMEs across infrastructure, applications, service delivery, cybersecurity, or similar IT disciplines.
PREFERRED SKILLS (RANK IN ORDER OF IMPORTANCE):
1. Experience with documentation recovery, IT operational maturity, knowledge-management, or process-standardization initiatives.
2. Experience documenting cybersecurity, infrastructure, disaster recovery, business continuity, or IT service-management processes.
3. Experience with SharePoint-based documentation repositories and governance.
4. Familiarity with ITIL, NIST, CIS, or other recognized IT/security frameworks.
5. Government or other highly regulated environment experience.
REQUIRED EDUCATION/CERTIFICATIONS:
Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Information Systems, Business, or a related field, OR equivalent relevant professional experience. Demonstrated experience and quality of prior work are more important than a specific certification.
PREFERRED EDUCATION/CERTIFICATIONS:
CBAP, CCBA, PMI-PBA, PMP, ITIL Foundation, or comparable professional certification. Certifications are preferred but will not substitute for demonstrated experience and strong work products.
INTERVIEW PROCESS:
Resume and work-product/portfolio review followed by one panel interview with IT leadership and key subject-matter experts. Candidates should provide sanitized examples of prior business-analysis deliverables such as process maps, workflow diagrams, requirements documents, current-state assessments, inventories, matrices, or comparable artifacts. Portfolio quality and the candidate's ability to explain how the work was developed will be important selection factors.
ADDTIIONAL SKILLS & Duties:
-Ability to analyze undocumented or inconsistently documented processes and convert institutional knowledge into structured artifacts.
-Excellent written, verbal, organizational, and analytical skills.
-Ability to manage multiple workstreams, priorities, dependencies, and deliverables with limited supervision.
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