Eric Escobar
Red Team Technical Lead Sophos Advisory Services
Fresno, California, United States
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Top SchoolEric Escobar is a Red Team Technical Lead at Sophos Advisory Services with 11 years of experience blending offensive security expertise and pragmatic engineering judgment. He transitioned from a civil engineering background—holding an MS from California State University, Fresno and a BS from Cal Poly—to cybersecurity roles at Barracuda and Sophos, bringing uncommon structural thinking to adversary simulations and penetration testing. At Sophos he leads technical red team engagements, translating complex attack scenarios into actionable defenses for enterprise customers. His early career as a civil engineer informs a methodical, systems-oriented approach to threat modeling and risk mitigation that many pure-security practitioners lack. Based in Fresno, California, Eric is respected for turning deep technical assessments into clear remediation plans that improve resilience across networks and applications.
11 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
High School Diploma, High School Diploma at San Joaquin Memorial HighCalifornia Polytechnic State University, San Luis ObispoMaster of Science (MS) Civil Engineering, Master of Science (MS) Civil Engineering at California State University, Fresno
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Github Skills (11)
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vba6
python6
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python-requests6
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Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
ericescobar/SatelliteSimulator
Jul 2020 - Jul 2020
Contributions:33 commits, 13 pushes in 4 days
ericescobar/FlareGun
Sep 2023 - Oct 2023
Contributions:138 pushes, 1 branch, 5 comments in 1 month
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