Merge branch 'pw-update-access-k8s-clusters' into 'master'

Refactor K8s API access

See merge request https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/merge_requests/131948



Merged-by: Amy Qualls <aqualls@gitlab.com>
Approved-by: Amy Qualls <aqualls@gitlab.com>
Co-authored-by: phillipwells <pwells@gitlab.com>