ci: Introduce a new `.default-utils-before_script` CI definition

What does this MR do and why?

This reduces some duplication in our CI/CD config.

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frontend	Lee Tickett (@leetickett-gitlab) (UTC+1, same timezone as @rymai)	Kushal Pandya (@kushalpandya) (UTC+5.5, 4.5 hours ahead of @rymai)
maintenanceworkflow / maintenancepipelines for CI, Danger	Lee Tickett (@leetickett-gitlab) (UTC+1, same timezone as @rymai)	Alexandru Croitor (@acroitor) (UTC+3, 2 hours ahead of @rymai)

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|                                    | passed | failed | skipped | flaky | total | result |
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| Create                             | 28     | 0      | 1       | 0     | 29    | ✅     |
| Plan                               | 47     | 0      | 1       | 0     | 48    | ✅     |
| Manage                             | 52     | 0      | 8       | 2     | 60    | ❗     |
| Verify                             | 12     | 0      | 1       | 0     | 13    | ✅     |
| Secure                             | 2      | 0      | 0       | 0     | 2     | ✅     |
| Package                            | 0      | 0      | 1       | 0     | 1     | ➖     |
| Feature flag handler sanity checks | 9      | 0      | 0       | 0     | 9     | ✅     |
| Version sanity check               | 0      | 0      | 1       | 0     | 1     | ➖     |
| Configure                          | 0      | 0      | 1       | 0     | 1     | ➖     |
| Govern                             | 2      | 0      | 0       | 0     | 2     | ✅     |
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| Total                              | 152    | 0      | 14      | 2     | 166   | ❗     |
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| Plan                 | 297    | 0      | 0       | 0     | 297   | ✅     |
| Secure               | 115    | 0      | 5       | 0     | 120   | ✅     |
| Create               | 823    | 0      | 37      | 0     | 860   | ✅     |
| Manage               | 472    | 0      | 65      | 0     | 537   | ✅     |
| Verify               | 221    | 0      | 42      | 0     | 263   | ✅     |
| Fulfillment          | 10     | 0      | 70      | 0     | 80    | ✅     |
| Release              | 20     | 0      | 0       | 0     | 20    | ✅     |
| Package              | 144    | 0      | 33      | 0     | 177   | ✅     |
| Configure            | 1      | 0      | 15      | 0     | 16    | ✅     |
| Govern               | 14     | 0      | 0       | 0     | 14    | ✅     |
| Analytics            | 11     | 0      | 0       | 0     | 11    | ✅     |
| Protect              | 3      | 2      | 0       | 0     | 5     | ❌     |
| GitLab Metrics       | 2      | 0      | 1       | 0     | 3     | ✅     |
| SSH keys support     | 2      | 0      | 0       | 0     | 2     | ✅     |
| Systems              | 3      | 0      | 0       | 0     | 3     | ✅     |
| Data Stores          | 12     | 0      | 1       | 0     | 13    | ✅     |
| Version sanity check | 0      | 0      | 7       | 0     | 7     | ➖     |
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| Total                | 2150   | 2      | 276     | 0     | 2428  | ❌     |
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@godfat-gitlab Could you please review? Thanks!

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@rymai Thank you, looks good to me!

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