pipeline multiple updates

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

added 37 commits

• 2223f4fe...29fdd2a9 - 36 commits from branch staging
• 960afa2e - Merge branch 'staging' into 'just-a-test'

Compare with previous version

mentioned in commit 0f494b06

merged