pipeline multiple updates

• updated workflow rules
• updated job names
• updated container versions
• added a template for gke-initialization

added 13 commits

• 257b2df2...a20d6339 - 12 commits from branch staging
• 9f7a72b3 - Merge branch 'staging' into 'just-a-test'

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mentioned in commit 95eb2ede

merged