Backport bridge refactor changes from EE

What does this MR do?

EE MR - https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ee/merge_requests/10521

What are the relevant issue numbers?

Related https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ee/issues/9045

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