pipeline multiple updates

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

added 7 commits

• d0d8af7c...3719864e - 6 commits from branch staging
• 506995e6 - Merge branch 'staging' into 'just-a-test'

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