pipeline multiple updates

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

added 29 commits

• 7f78a43a...6816bfb6 - 28 commits from branch staging
• e59f11fe - Merge branch 'staging' into 'just-a-test'

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mentioned in commit 489e3555

merged