Backport of skip envoy version check in ci into release/1.17.x

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Backport

This PR is auto-generated from #19315 to be assessed for backporting due to the inclusion of the label backport/1.17.

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Description

Use environment variables in Github Settings so script never needs to be updated to turn it off

Testing & Reproduction steps

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PR Checklist

• updated test coverage
• external facing docs updated
• appropriate backport labels added
• not a security concern

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