Investigate and come up with solution for persisting files between runs

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Current Behavior

Sometimes files do not change and it is likely better that we come up with a way to persist these items between pipeline runs. For large files, this is especially true.

Purpose

Reduction in pipeline run times, particularly when large files are brought in via import artifacts stage.

Plan

• Do research on this issue. Have a good reason(s) for why this is a good idea/value add.
• Implement some sort of caching policy in the pipeline (particularly the import artifacts stage)
• Verification of pipeline runs using cached items

Acceptance Criteria

• It works