How familiar are you with databases? Do you know how they play into delivering Okta’s core products and services? Well, you’re about to know a little bit more than you already do. Meet Will Gunty, the man in charge of keeping Okta’s databases speedy and efficient, all while growing at an exponential rate. We sat down with Will to find out what it’s like to be Okta’s first in-house database administrator (DBA), what lured him away from the biggest tech players in the business and what’s coming in the case study that he’ll present at the Percona Live MySQL Conference this April. What does it mean to be a database administrator? Just about everything is stored in databases, and I’m responsible for keeping them up and running smoothly – that might be solving issues, or creating new databases to house that wealth of information. I started last September.