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Together, we turn ideas into products and create video conferencing experiences used around the world.\nAdmin Solutions builds the software and cloud services that help enterprise IT teams manage Cisco collaboration devices securely and at scale. We work across product groups, connecting device capabilities with cloud services so customers can handle their environments as a whole.\nWe are looking for an engineer to help develop RoomOS, the operating system that powers our devices. You will join one of nine engineering teams across Oslo and RTP, North Carolina, working closely with other engineers, Product Management, Design, and service owners to turn customer and product needs into software.\nYour impact\nYou will build and improve software that powers Cisco collaboration devices and the services that support them. 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