diff --git a/ui/app/serializers/allocation.js b/ui/app/serializers/allocation.js
index 77b8132aa..3e7be2e79 100644
--- a/ui/app/serializers/allocation.js
+++ b/ui/app/serializers/allocation.js
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@ export default class AllocationSerializer extends ApplicationSerializer {
     states: 'TaskStates',
   };
 
+  separateNanos = ['CreateTime', 'ModifyTime'];
+
   normalize(typeHash, hash) {
     // Transform the map-based TaskStates object into an array-based
     // TaskState fragment list
@@ -40,12 +42,6 @@ export default class AllocationSerializer extends ApplicationSerializer {
       'default';
     hash.JobID = JSON.stringify([hash.JobID, hash.Namespace]);
 
-    hash.ModifyTimeNanos = hash.ModifyTime % 1000000;
-    hash.ModifyTime = Math.floor(hash.ModifyTime / 1000000);
-
-    hash.CreateTimeNanos = hash.CreateTime % 1000000;
-    hash.CreateTime = Math.floor(hash.CreateTime / 1000000);
-
     hash.RescheduleEvents = (hash.RescheduleTracker || {}).Events;
 
     hash.IsMigrating = (hash.DesiredTransition || {}).Migrate;
diff --git a/ui/app/serializers/application.js b/ui/app/serializers/application.js
index 43247a3a7..c53321406 100644
--- a/ui/app/serializers/application.js
+++ b/ui/app/serializers/application.js
@@ -4,10 +4,48 @@ import { makeArray } from '@ember/array';
 import JSONSerializer from 'ember-data/serializers/json';
 import { pluralize, singularize } from 'ember-inflector';
 import removeRecord from '../utils/remove-record';
+import { assign } from '@ember/polyfills';
 
 export default class Application extends JSONSerializer {
   primaryKey = 'ID';
 
+  /**
+    A list of keys that are converted to empty arrays if their value is null.
+
+    arrayNullOverrides = ['Array'];
+    { Array: null } => { Array: [] }
+
+    @property arrayNullOverrides
+    @type String[]
+   */
+  arrayNullOverrides = null;
+
+  /**
+    A list of keys or objects to convert a map into an array of maps with the original map keys as Name properties.
+
+    mapToArray = ['Map'];
+    { Map: { a: { x: 1 } } } => { Map: [ { Name: 'a', x: 1 }] }
+
+    mapToArray = [{ beforeName: 'M', afterName: 'Map' }];
+    { M: { a: { x: 1 } } } => { Map: [ { Name: 'a', x: 1 }] }
+
+    @property mapToArray
+    @type (String|Object)[]
+   */
+  mapToArray = null;
+
+  /**
+    A list of keys for nanosecond timestamps that will be split into two properties: `separateNanos = ['Time']` will
+    produce a `Time` property with a millisecond timestamp and `TimeNanos` with the nanoseconds alone.
+
+    separateNanos = ['Time'];
+    { Time: 1607839992000100000 } => { Time: 1607839992000, TimeNanos: 100096 }
+
+    @property separateNanos
+    @type String[]
+   */
+  separateNanos = null;
+
   keyForAttribute(attr) {
     return attr.camelize().capitalize();
   }
@@ -43,6 +81,53 @@ export default class Application extends JSONSerializer {
     store.push(documentHash);
   }
 
+  normalize(modelClass, hash) {
+    if (hash) {
+      if (this.arrayNullOverrides) {
+        this.arrayNullOverrides.forEach(key => {
+          if (!hash[key]) {
+            hash[key] = [];
+          }
+        });
+      }
+
+      if (this.mapToArray) {
+        this.mapToArray.forEach(conversion => {
+          let apiKey, uiKey;
+
+          if (conversion.beforeName) {
+            apiKey = conversion.beforeName;
+            uiKey = conversion.afterName;
+          } else {
+            apiKey = conversion;
+            uiKey = conversion;
+          }
+
+          const map = hash[apiKey] || {};
+
+          hash[uiKey] = Object.keys(map).map(mapKey => {
+            const propertiesForKey = map[mapKey] || {};
+            const convertedMap = { Name: mapKey };
+
+            assign(convertedMap, propertiesForKey);
+
+            return convertedMap;
+          });
+        });
+      }
+
+      if (this.separateNanos) {
+        this.separateNanos.forEach(key => {
+          const timeWithNanos = hash[key];
+          hash[`${key}Nanos`] = timeWithNanos % 1000000;
+          hash[key] = Math.floor(timeWithNanos / 1000000);
+        });
+      }
+    }
+
+    return super.normalize(modelClass, hash);
+  }
+
   normalizeFindAllResponse(store, modelClass) {
     const result = super.normalizeFindAllResponse(...arguments);
     this.cullStore(store, modelClass.modelName, result.data);
diff --git a/ui/app/serializers/deployment.js b/ui/app/serializers/deployment.js
index 1c57286f3..b6dbd0c8f 100644
--- a/ui/app/serializers/deployment.js
+++ b/ui/app/serializers/deployment.js
@@ -9,14 +9,10 @@ export default class DeploymentSerializer extends ApplicationSerializer {
     versionNumber: 'JobVersion',
   };
 
+  mapToArray = [{ beforeName: 'TaskGroups', afterName: 'TaskGroupSummaries' }];
+
   normalize(typeHash, hash) {
     if (hash) {
-      const taskGroups = hash.TaskGroups || {};
-      hash.TaskGroupSummaries = Object.keys(taskGroups).map(key => {
-        const deploymentStats = taskGroups[key];
-        return assign({ Name: key }, deploymentStats);
-      });
-
       hash.PlainJobId = hash.JobID;
       hash.Namespace =
         hash.Namespace ||
diff --git a/ui/app/serializers/evaluation.js b/ui/app/serializers/evaluation.js
index e72a6eb47..6b291ab92 100644
--- a/ui/app/serializers/evaluation.js
+++ b/ui/app/serializers/evaluation.js
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 import { inject as service } from '@ember/service';
 import { get } from '@ember/object';
-import { assign } from '@ember/polyfills';
 import ApplicationSerializer from './application';
 import classic from 'ember-classic-decorator';
 
@@ -8,13 +7,10 @@ import classic from 'ember-classic-decorator';
 export default class Evaluation extends ApplicationSerializer {
   @service system;
 
-  normalize(typeHash, hash) {
-    const failures = hash.FailedTGAllocs || {};
-    hash.FailedTGAllocs = Object.keys(failures).map(key => {
-      const propertiesForKey = failures[key] || {};
-      return assign({ Name: key }, propertiesForKey);
-    });
+  mapToArray = ['FailedTGAllocs'];
+  separateNanos = ['CreateTime', 'ModifyTime'];
 
+  normalize(typeHash, hash) {
     hash.PlainJobId = hash.JobID;
     hash.Namespace =
       hash.Namespace ||
@@ -23,12 +19,6 @@ export default class Evaluation extends ApplicationSerializer {
       'default';
     hash.JobID = JSON.stringify([hash.JobID, hash.Namespace]);
 
-    hash.ModifyTimeNanos = hash.ModifyTime % 1000000;
-    hash.ModifyTime = Math.floor(hash.ModifyTime / 1000000);
-
-    hash.CreateTimeNanos = hash.CreateTime % 1000000;
-    hash.CreateTime = Math.floor(hash.CreateTime / 1000000);
-
     return super.normalize(typeHash, hash);
   }
 }
diff --git a/ui/app/serializers/job-plan.js b/ui/app/serializers/job-plan.js
index 13bd4feb3..1893f8c9d 100644
--- a/ui/app/serializers/job-plan.js
+++ b/ui/app/serializers/job-plan.js
@@ -1,13 +1,10 @@
-import { assign } from '@ember/polyfills';
 import ApplicationSerializer from './application';
 import { get } from '@ember/object';
 
 export default class JobPlan extends ApplicationSerializer {
+  mapToArray = ['FailedTGAllocs'];
+
   normalize(typeHash, hash) {
-    const failures = hash.FailedTGAllocs || {};
-    hash.FailedTGAllocs = Object.keys(failures).map(key => {
-      return assign({ Name: key }, failures[key] || {});
-    });
     hash.PreemptionIDs = (get(hash, 'Annotations.PreemptedAllocs') || []).mapBy('ID');
     return super.normalize(...arguments);
   }
diff --git a/ui/app/serializers/job-scale.js b/ui/app/serializers/job-scale.js
index b0ab04d87..45bc98d7f 100644
--- a/ui/app/serializers/job-scale.js
+++ b/ui/app/serializers/job-scale.js
@@ -1,19 +1,13 @@
-import { assign } from '@ember/polyfills';
 import ApplicationSerializer from './application';
 
 export default class JobScale extends ApplicationSerializer {
+  mapToArray = [{ beforeName: 'TaskGroups', afterName: 'TaskGroupScales' }];
+
   normalize(modelClass, hash) {
-    // Transform the map-based TaskGroups object into an array-based
-    // TaskGroupScale fragment list
     hash.PlainJobId = hash.JobID;
     hash.ID = JSON.stringify([hash.JobID, hash.Namespace || 'default']);
     hash.JobID = hash.ID;
 
-    const taskGroups = hash.TaskGroups || {};
-    hash.TaskGroupScales = Object.keys(taskGroups).map(key => {
-      return assign(taskGroups[key], { Name: key });
-    });
-
     return super.normalize(modelClass, hash);
   }
 }
diff --git a/ui/app/serializers/job-summary.js b/ui/app/serializers/job-summary.js
index da9c93bb0..50b35a072 100644
--- a/ui/app/serializers/job-summary.js
+++ b/ui/app/serializers/job-summary.js
@@ -3,12 +3,13 @@ import ApplicationSerializer from './application';
 
 export default class JobSummary extends ApplicationSerializer {
   normalize(modelClass, hash) {
-    // Transform the map-based Summary object into an array-based
-    // TaskGroupSummary fragment list
     hash.PlainJobId = hash.JobID;
     hash.ID = JSON.stringify([hash.JobID, hash.Namespace || 'default']);
     hash.JobID = hash.ID;
 
+    // Transform the map-based Summary object into an array-based
+    // TaskGroupSummary fragment list
+
     const fullSummary = hash.Summary || {};
     hash.TaskGroupSummaries = Object.keys(fullSummary).map(key => {
       const allocStats = fullSummary[key] || {};
diff --git a/ui/app/serializers/node.js b/ui/app/serializers/node.js
index 4eb05b976..6a07ba0ac 100644
--- a/ui/app/serializers/node.js
+++ b/ui/app/serializers/node.js
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-import { assign } from '@ember/polyfills';
 import { inject as service } from '@ember/service';
 import ApplicationSerializer from './application';
 
@@ -10,18 +9,7 @@ export default class NodeSerializer extends ApplicationSerializer {
     httpAddr: 'HTTPAddr',
   };
 
-  normalize(modelClass, hash) {
-    // Transform map-based objects into array-based fragment lists
-    const drivers = hash.Drivers || {};
-    hash.Drivers = Object.keys(drivers).map(key => {
-      return assign({}, drivers[key], { Name: key });
-    });
-
-    const hostVolumes = hash.HostVolumes || {};
-    hash.HostVolumes = Object.keys(hostVolumes).map(key => hostVolumes[key]);
-
-    return super.normalize(modelClass, hash);
-  }
+  mapToArray = ['Drivers', 'HostVolumes'];
 
   extractRelationships(modelClass, hash) {
     const { modelName } = modelClass;
diff --git a/ui/app/serializers/reschedule-event.js b/ui/app/serializers/reschedule-event.js
index 3bbe12904..0f843a09e 100644
--- a/ui/app/serializers/reschedule-event.js
+++ b/ui/app/serializers/reschedule-event.js
@@ -1,14 +1,9 @@
 import ApplicationSerializer from './application';
 
 export default class RescheduleEvent extends ApplicationSerializer {
-  normalize(typeHash, hash) {
-    // Time is in the form of nanoseconds since epoch, but JS dates
-    // only understand time to the millisecond precision. So store
-    // the time (precise to ms) as a date, and store the remaining ns
-    // as a number to deal with when it comes up.
-    hash.TimeNanos = hash.RescheduleTime % 1000000;
-    hash.Time = Math.floor(hash.RescheduleTime / 1000000);
+  separateNanos = ['Time'];
 
+  normalize(typeHash, hash) {
     hash.PreviousAllocationId = hash.PrevAllocID ? hash.PrevAllocID : null;
     hash.PreviousNodeId = hash.PrevNodeID ? hash.PrevNodeID : null;
 
diff --git a/ui/app/serializers/resources.js b/ui/app/serializers/resources.js
index 4239a354b..cd642d643 100644
--- a/ui/app/serializers/resources.js
+++ b/ui/app/serializers/resources.js
@@ -8,8 +8,5 @@ export default class ResourcesSerializer extends ApplicationSerializer {
     iops: 'IOPS',
   };
 
-  normalize(typeHash, hash) {
-    hash.Ports = hash.Ports || [];
-    return super.normalize(typeHash, hash);
-  }
+  arrayNullOverrides = ['Ports'];
 }
diff --git a/ui/app/serializers/scale-event.js b/ui/app/serializers/scale-event.js
index 758ec3040..a8dea78b6 100644
--- a/ui/app/serializers/scale-event.js
+++ b/ui/app/serializers/scale-event.js
@@ -1,10 +1,5 @@
 import ApplicationSerializer from './application';
 
 export default class ScaleEventSerializer extends ApplicationSerializer {
-  normalize(typeHash, hash) {
-    hash.TimeNanos = hash.Time % 1000000;
-    hash.Time = Math.floor(hash.Time / 1000000);
-
-    return super.normalize(typeHash, hash);
-  }
+  separateNanos = ['Time'];
 }
diff --git a/ui/app/serializers/service.js b/ui/app/serializers/service.js
index 107c79f28..7b7fb898a 100644
--- a/ui/app/serializers/service.js
+++ b/ui/app/serializers/service.js
@@ -5,11 +5,5 @@ export default class ServiceSerializer extends ApplicationSerializer {
     connect: 'Connect',
   };
 
-  normalize(typeHash, hash) {
-    if (!hash.Tags) {
-      hash.Tags = [];
-    }
-
-    return super.normalize(typeHash, hash);
-  }
+  arrayNullOverrides = ['Tags'];
 }
diff --git a/ui/app/serializers/task-event.js b/ui/app/serializers/task-event.js
index dfa43f4b6..108ff4a45 100644
--- a/ui/app/serializers/task-event.js
+++ b/ui/app/serializers/task-event.js
@@ -5,14 +5,5 @@ export default class TaskEventSerializer extends ApplicationSerializer {
     message: 'DisplayMessage',
   };
 
-  normalize(typeHash, hash) {
-    // Time is in the form of nanoseconds since epoch, but JS dates
-    // only understand time to the millisecond precision. So store
-    // the time (precise to ms) as a date, and store the remaining ns
-    // as a number to deal with when it comes up.
-    hash.TimeNanos = hash.Time % 1000000;
-    hash.Time = Math.floor(hash.Time / 1000000);
-
-    return super.normalize(typeHash, hash);
-  }
+  separateNanos = ['Time'];
 }
diff --git a/ui/app/serializers/task-group-scale.js b/ui/app/serializers/task-group-scale.js
index 057fa86d0..86d25d894 100644
--- a/ui/app/serializers/task-group-scale.js
+++ b/ui/app/serializers/task-group-scale.js
@@ -1,11 +1,5 @@
 import ApplicationSerializer from './application';
 
 export default class TaskGroupScaleSerializer extends ApplicationSerializer {
-  normalize(typeHash, hash) {
-    if (!hash.Events) {
-      hash.Events = [];
-    }
-
-    return super.normalize(typeHash, hash);
-  }
+  arrayNullOverrides = ['Events'];
 }
diff --git a/ui/app/serializers/task-group.js b/ui/app/serializers/task-group.js
index d7b0d7c4d..6c5034d28 100644
--- a/ui/app/serializers/task-group.js
+++ b/ui/app/serializers/task-group.js
@@ -2,6 +2,9 @@ import { copy } from 'ember-copy';
 import ApplicationSerializer from './application';
 
 export default class TaskGroup extends ApplicationSerializer {
+  arrayNullOverrides = ['Services'];
+  mapToArray = ['Volumes'];
+
   normalize(typeHash, hash) {
     // Provide EphemeralDisk to each task
     hash.Tasks.forEach(task => {
@@ -9,10 +12,6 @@ export default class TaskGroup extends ApplicationSerializer {
     });
 
     hash.ReservedEphemeralDisk = hash.EphemeralDisk.SizeMB;
-    hash.Services = hash.Services || [];
-
-    const volumes = hash.Volumes || {};
-    hash.Volumes = Object.keys(volumes).map(key => volumes[key]);
 
     return super.normalize(typeHash, hash);
   }
diff --git a/ui/tests/unit/serializers/application-test.js b/ui/tests/unit/serializers/application-test.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0990ece9e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ui/tests/unit/serializers/application-test.js
@@ -0,0 +1,107 @@
+import { module, test } from 'qunit';
+import { setupTest } from 'ember-qunit';
+import ApplicationSerializer from 'nomad-ui/serializers/application';
+
+import Model from 'ember-data/model';
+import attr from 'ember-data/attr';
+
+class TestSerializer extends ApplicationSerializer {
+  arrayNullOverrides = ['Things'];
+
+  mapToArray = [
+    'ArrayableMap',
+    { beforeName: 'OriginalNameArrayableMap', afterName: 'RenamedArrayableMap' },
+  ];
+
+  separateNanos = ['Time'];
+}
+
+class TestModel extends Model {
+  @attr() things;
+
+  @attr() arrayableMap;
+  @attr() renamedArrayableMap;
+
+  @attr() time;
+  @attr() timeNanos;
+}
+
+module('Unit | Serializer | Application', function(hooks) {
+  setupTest(hooks);
+
+  hooks.beforeEach(function() {
+    this.store = this.owner.lookup('service:store');
+    this.owner.register('model:test', TestModel);
+    this.owner.register('serializer:test', TestSerializer);
+
+    this.subject = () => this.store.serializerFor('test');
+  });
+
+  const normalizationTestCases = [
+    {
+      name: 'Null array and maps',
+      in: {
+        ID: 'test-test',
+        Things: null,
+        ArrayableMap: null,
+        OriginalNameArrayableMap: null,
+        Time: 1607839992000100000,
+      },
+      out: {
+        data: {
+          id: 'test-test',
+          attributes: {
+            things: [],
+            arrayableMap: [],
+            renamedArrayableMap: [],
+            time: 1607839992000,
+            timeNanos: 100096,
+          },
+          relationships: {},
+          type: 'test',
+        },
+      },
+    },
+    {
+      name: 'Non-null array and maps',
+      in: {
+        ID: 'test-test',
+        Things: [1, 2, 3],
+        ArrayableMap: {
+          a: { Order: 1 },
+          b: { Order: 2 },
+          'c.d': { Order: 3 },
+        },
+        OriginalNameArrayableMap: {
+          a: { X: 1 },
+        },
+        Time: 1607839992000100000,
+        SomethingExtra: 'xyz',
+      },
+      out: {
+        data: {
+          id: 'test-test',
+          attributes: {
+            things: [1, 2, 3],
+            arrayableMap: [
+              { Name: 'a', Order: 1 },
+              { Name: 'b', Order: 2 },
+              { Name: 'c.d', Order: 3 },
+            ],
+            renamedArrayableMap: [{ Name: 'a', X: 1 }],
+            time: 1607839992000,
+            timeNanos: 100096,
+          },
+          relationships: {},
+          type: 'test',
+        },
+      },
+    },
+  ];
+
+  normalizationTestCases.forEach(testCase => {
+    test(`normalization: ${testCase.name}`, async function(assert) {
+      assert.deepEqual(this.subject().normalize(TestModel, testCase.in), testCase.out);
+    });
+  });
+});