diff --git a/ci/matrix.yaml b/ci/matrix.yaml
index 260f2abe613..bee5dbd3825 100644
--- a/ci/matrix.yaml
+++ b/ci/matrix.yaml
@@ -10,6 +10,34 @@ gpus:
 # The version of the devcontainer images to use from https://hub.docker.com/r/rapidsai/devcontainers
 devcontainer_version: '23.12'
 
+# gcc compiler configurations
+gcc6: &gcc6 { name: 'gcc', version: '6', exe: 'g++' }
+gcc7: &gcc7 { name: 'gcc', version: '7', exe: 'g++' }
+gcc8: &gcc8 { name: 'gcc', version: '8', exe: 'g++' }
+gcc9: &gcc9 { name: 'gcc', version: '9', exe: 'g++' }
+gcc10: &gcc10 { name: 'gcc', version: '10', exe: 'g++' }
+gcc11: &gcc11 { name: 'gcc', version: '11', exe: 'g++' }
+gcc12: &gcc12 { name: 'gcc', version: '12', exe: 'g++' }
+gcc-oldest: &gcc-oldest { name: 'gcc', version: '6', exe: 'g++' }
+gcc-newest: &gcc-newest { name: 'gcc', version: '12', exe: 'g++' }
+
+# LLVM Compiler configurations
+llvm9: &llvm9 { name: 'llvm', version: '9', exe: 'clang++' }
+llvm10: &llvm10 { name: 'llvm', version: '10', exe: 'clang++' }
+llvm11: &llvm11 { name: 'llvm', version: '11', exe: 'clang++' }
+llvm12: &llvm12 { name: 'llvm', version: '12', exe: 'clang++' }
+llvm13: &llvm13 { name: 'llvm', version: '13', exe: 'clang++' }
+llvm14: &llvm14 { name: 'llvm', version: '14', exe: 'clang++' }
+llvm15: &llvm15 { name: 'llvm', version: '15', exe: 'clang++' }
+llvm16: &llvm16 { name: 'llvm', version: '16', exe: 'clang++' }
+llvm-oldest: &llvm-oldest { name: 'llvm', version: '9', exe: 'clang++' }
+llvm-newest: &llvm-newest { name: 'llvm', version: '16', exe: 'clang++' }
+
+# MSVC configs
+msvc2017: &msvc2017 { name: 'cl', version: '14.16', exe: 'cl++' }
+msvc2019: &msvc2019 { name: 'cl', version: '14.29', exe: 'cl++' }
+msvc2022: &msvc2022 { name: 'cl', version: '14.36', exe: 'cl++' }
+
 # Each environment below will generate a unique build/test job
 # See the "compute-matrix" job in the workflow for how this is parsed and used
 # cuda: The CUDA Toolkit version
@@ -25,37 +53,36 @@ devcontainer_version: '23.12'
 # Configurations that will run for every PR
 pull_request:
   nvcc:
-    - {cuda: *cuda_oldest, os: 'ubuntu18.04', cpu: 'amd64', compiler: {name: 'gcc',  version: '6',  exe: 'g++'},     std: [11, 14],         jobs: ['build']}
-    - {cuda: *cuda_oldest, os: 'ubuntu18.04', cpu: 'amd64', compiler: {name: 'gcc',  version: '7',  exe: 'g++'},     std: [11, 14, 17],     jobs: ['build']}
-    - {cuda: *cuda_oldest, os: 'ubuntu18.04', cpu: 'amd64', compiler: {name: 'gcc',  version: '8',  exe: 'g++'},     std: [11, 14, 17],     jobs: ['build']}
-    - {cuda: *cuda_oldest, os: 'ubuntu18.04', cpu: 'amd64', compiler: {name: 'gcc',  version: '9',  exe: 'g++'},     std: [11, 14, 17],     jobs: ['build']}
-    - {cuda: *cuda_newest, os: 'ubuntu20.04', cpu: 'amd64', compiler: {name: 'gcc',  version: '7',  exe: 'g++'},     std: [11, 14, 17],     jobs: ['build']}
-    - {cuda: *cuda_newest, os: 'ubuntu20.04', cpu: 'amd64', compiler: {name: 'gcc',  version: '8',  exe: 'g++'},     std: [11, 14, 17],     jobs: ['build']}
-    - {cuda: *cuda_newest, os: 'ubuntu20.04', cpu: 'amd64', compiler: {name: 'gcc',  version: '9',  exe: 'g++'},     std: [11, 14, 17],     jobs: ['build']}
-    - {cuda: *cuda_newest, os: 'ubuntu20.04', cpu: 'amd64', compiler: {name: 'gcc',  version: '10', exe: 'g++'},     std: [11, 14, 17, 20], jobs: ['build']}
-    - {cuda: *cuda_newest, os: 'ubuntu22.04', cpu: 'amd64', compiler: {name: 'gcc',  version: '11', exe: 'g++'},     std: [11, 14, 17, 20], jobs: ['build']}
-    - {cuda: *cuda_newest, os: 'ubuntu22.04', cpu: 'amd64', compiler: {name: 'gcc',  version: '12', exe: 'g++'},     std: [11, 14, 17, 20], jobs: ['build', 'test']}
-    - {cuda: *cuda_newest, os: 'ubuntu22.04', cpu: 'arm64', compiler: {name: 'gcc',  version: '12', exe: 'g++'},     std: [11, 14, 17, 20], jobs: ['build']}
-    - {cuda: *cuda_oldest, os: 'ubuntu18.04', cpu: 'amd64', compiler: {name: 'llvm', version: '9',  exe: 'clang++'}, std: [11, 14, 17],     jobs: ['build']}
-    - {cuda: *cuda_newest, os: 'ubuntu20.04', cpu: 'amd64', compiler: {name: 'llvm', version: '9',  exe: 'clang++'}, std: [11, 14, 17],     jobs: ['build']}
-    - {cuda: *cuda_newest, os: 'ubuntu20.04', cpu: 'amd64', compiler: {name: 'llvm', version: '10', exe: 'clang++'}, std: [11, 14, 17],     jobs: ['build']}
-    - {cuda: *cuda_newest, os: 'ubuntu20.04', cpu: 'amd64', compiler: {name: 'llvm', version: '11', exe: 'clang++'}, std: [11, 14, 17, 20], jobs: ['build']}
-    - {cuda: *cuda_newest, os: 'ubuntu20.04', cpu: 'amd64', compiler: {name: 'llvm', version: '12', exe: 'clang++'}, std: [11, 14, 17, 20], jobs: ['build']}
-    - {cuda: *cuda_newest, os: 'ubuntu20.04', cpu: 'amd64', compiler: {name: 'llvm', version: '13', exe: 'clang++'}, std: [11, 14, 17, 20], jobs: ['build']}
-    - {cuda: *cuda_newest, os: 'ubuntu20.04', cpu: 'amd64', compiler: {name: 'llvm', version: '14', exe: 'clang++'}, std: [11, 14, 17, 20], jobs: ['build']}
-    - {cuda: *cuda_newest, os: 'ubuntu22.04', cpu: 'amd64', compiler: {name: 'llvm', version: '15', exe: 'clang++'}, std: [11, 14, 17, 20], jobs: ['build']}
-    - {cuda: *cuda_newest, os: 'ubuntu22.04', cpu: 'amd64', compiler: {name: 'llvm', version: '16', exe: 'clang++'}, std: [11, 14, 17, 20], jobs: ['build', 'test']}
-    - {cuda: *cuda_newest, os: 'ubuntu22.04', cpu: 'arm64', compiler: {name: 'llvm', version: '16', exe: 'clang++'}, std: [11, 14, 17, 20], jobs: ['build']}
-    - {cuda: *cuda_oldest, os: 'windows2022', cpu: 'amd64', compiler: {name: 'cl',   version: '14.16', exe: 'cl++'}, std: [14, 17],         jobs: ['build']}
-    - {cuda: *cuda_newest, os: 'windows2022', cpu: 'amd64', compiler: {name: 'cl',   version: '14.29', exe: 'cl++'}, std: [14, 17],         jobs: ['build']}
-    - {cuda: *cuda_newest, os: 'windows2022', cpu: 'amd64', compiler: {name: 'cl',   version: '14.36', exe: 'cl++'}, std: [14, 17, 20],     jobs: ['build']}
+    - {cuda: *cuda_oldest, os: 'ubuntu18.04', cpu: 'amd64', compiler: *gcc6,     std: [11, 14],         jobs: ['build']}
+    - {cuda: *cuda_oldest, os: 'ubuntu18.04', cpu: 'amd64', compiler: *gcc7,     std: [11, 14, 17],     jobs: ['build']}
+    - {cuda: *cuda_oldest, os: 'ubuntu18.04', cpu: 'amd64', compiler: *gcc8,     std: [11, 14, 17],     jobs: ['build']}
+    - {cuda: *cuda_oldest, os: 'ubuntu18.04', cpu: 'amd64', compiler: *gcc9,     std: [11, 14, 17],     jobs: ['build']}
+    - {cuda: *cuda_oldest, os: 'ubuntu18.04', cpu: 'amd64', compiler: *llvm9,    std: [11, 14, 17],     jobs: ['build']}
+    - {cuda: *cuda_oldest, os: 'windows2022', cpu: 'amd64', compiler: *msvc2017, std: [14, 17],         jobs: ['build']}
+    - {cuda: *cuda_newest, os: 'ubuntu20.04', cpu: 'amd64', compiler: *gcc7,     std: [11, 14, 17],     jobs: ['build']}
+    - {cuda: *cuda_newest, os: 'ubuntu20.04', cpu: 'amd64', compiler: *gcc8,     std: [11, 14, 17],     jobs: ['build']}
+    - {cuda: *cuda_newest, os: 'ubuntu20.04', cpu: 'amd64', compiler: *gcc9,     std: [11, 14, 17],     jobs: ['build']}
+    - {cuda: *cuda_newest, os: 'ubuntu20.04', cpu: 'amd64', compiler: *gcc10,    std: [11, 14, 17, 20], jobs: ['build']}
+    - {cuda: *cuda_newest, os: 'ubuntu22.04', cpu: 'amd64', compiler: *gcc11,    std: [11, 14, 17, 20], jobs: ['build']}
+    - {cuda: *cuda_newest, os: 'ubuntu22.04', cpu: 'amd64', compiler: *gcc12,    std: [11, 14, 17, 20], jobs: ['build', 'test']}
+    - {cuda: *cuda_newest, os: 'ubuntu22.04', cpu: 'arm64', compiler: *gcc12,    std: [11, 14, 17, 20], jobs: ['build']}
+    - {cuda: *cuda_newest, os: 'ubuntu20.04', cpu: 'amd64', compiler: *llvm9,    std: [11, 14, 17],     jobs: ['build']}
+    - {cuda: *cuda_newest, os: 'ubuntu20.04', cpu: 'amd64', compiler: *llvm10,   std: [11, 14, 17],     jobs: ['build']}
+    - {cuda: *cuda_newest, os: 'ubuntu20.04', cpu: 'amd64', compiler: *llvm11,   std: [11, 14, 17, 20], jobs: ['build']}
+    - {cuda: *cuda_newest, os: 'ubuntu20.04', cpu: 'amd64', compiler: *llvm12,   std: [11, 14, 17, 20], jobs: ['build']}
+    - {cuda: *cuda_newest, os: 'ubuntu20.04', cpu: 'amd64', compiler: *llvm13,   std: [11, 14, 17, 20], jobs: ['build']}
+    - {cuda: *cuda_newest, os: 'ubuntu20.04', cpu: 'amd64', compiler: *llvm14,   std: [11, 14, 17, 20], jobs: ['build']}
+    - {cuda: *cuda_newest, os: 'ubuntu22.04', cpu: 'amd64', compiler: *llvm15,   std: [11, 14, 17, 20], jobs: ['build']}
+    - {cuda: *cuda_newest, os: 'ubuntu22.04', cpu: 'amd64', compiler: *llvm16,   std: [11, 14, 17, 20], jobs: ['build', 'test']}
+    - {cuda: *cuda_newest, os: 'ubuntu22.04', cpu: 'arm64', compiler: *llvm16,   std: [11, 14, 17, 20], jobs: ['build']}
+    - {cuda: *cuda_newest, os: 'windows2022', cpu: 'amd64', compiler: *msvc2019, std: [14, 17],         jobs: ['build']}
+    - {cuda: *cuda_newest, os: 'windows2022', cpu: 'amd64', compiler: *msvc2022, std: [14, 17, 20],     jobs: ['build']}
   nvrtc:
     - {cuda: *cuda_newest, os: 'ubuntu22.04', cpu: 'amd64', gpu_build_archs: '70', std: [11, 14, 17, 20]}
   clang-cuda:
-    - {lib: ['thrust', 'cub', 'libcudacxx'], cuda: *cuda_newest, os: 'ubuntu22.04', cpu: 'amd64', compiler: {name: 'llvm', version: '16', exe: 'clang++'}, std: [17, 20]}
+    - {lib: ['thrust', 'cub', 'libcudacxx'], cuda: *cuda_newest, os: 'ubuntu22.04', cpu: 'amd64', compiler: *llvm-newest, std: [17, 20]}
   cccl-infra:
-    # Strategy: Oldest CUDA + Oldest Host compiler && Newest CUDA + Newest Host Compiler
-    - {cuda: *cuda_oldest, os: 'ubuntu18.04', cpu: 'amd64', compiler: {name: 'gcc', version: '6', exe: 'g++'}}
-    - {cuda: *cuda_oldest, os: 'ubuntu18.04', cpu: 'amd64', compiler: {name: 'llvm', version: '9', exe: 'clang++'}}
-    - {cuda: *cuda_newest, os: 'ubuntu22.04', cpu: 'amd64', compiler: {name: 'gcc', version: '12', exe: 'g++'}}
-    - {cuda: *cuda_newest, os: 'ubuntu22.04', cpu: 'amd64', compiler: {name: 'llvm', version: '16', exe: 'clang++'}}
+    - {cuda: *cuda_oldest, os: 'ubuntu18.04', cpu: 'amd64', compiler: *gcc-oldest}
+    - {cuda: *cuda_oldest, os: 'ubuntu18.04', cpu: 'amd64', compiler: *llvm-oldest}
+    - {cuda: *cuda_newest, os: 'ubuntu22.04', cpu: 'amd64', compiler: *gcc-newest}
+    - {cuda: *cuda_newest, os: 'ubuntu22.04', cpu: 'amd64', compiler: *llvm-newest}